Oerwoud van antitrombotica

• Physicians encounter patients who use antithrombotics in virtually every area of medical specialisation.
• As antithrombotic use is often chronic, it is important for medication monitoring that physicians have sufficient knowledge of the latest developments, even if they do not prescribe antithrombotics themselves.
• The risk of thrombosis must be weighed against the risk of bleeding in every patient who is eligible to be treated with antithrombotics.
• In this article we describe the main indications for treatment with antithrombotics based on articles published within the past five years.

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