The Cataract National Dataset electronic multicentre audit of 55 567 operations: antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications

Autor: P Jaycock, G Lambert, P Galloway, A K K Chung, J D Benzimra, Tom Eke, John M Sparrow, Robert L. Johnston
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Eye. 23:10-16
ISSN: 1476-5454
0950-222X
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6703069
Popis: This study aims to establish the prevalence of aspirin, dipyridamole, clopidogrel, and warfarin use in patients undergoing cataract surgery, and to compare local anaesthetic and intraoperative complication rates between users and non-users. The Cataract National Dataset was remotely extracted and anonymised on 55 567 operations at 12 NHS Trusts using electronic patient records (EPRs) between 2001 and 2006. This report analyses 48 862 of the 55 567 operations from the eight centres, which routinely recorded a drug history. In all, 28.1% of the 48 862 patients were taking aspirin, 5.1% warfarin, 1.9% clopidogrel, and 1.0% dipyridamole. The recording of any complication of a sharp needle or subtenon's cannula local anaesthetic block was increased in patients taking clopidogrel, 8.0% (P
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