Issue: What role did the inquisition play in the Catholic Church? Response: According to Pope John Paul II, The Inquisition belongs to a tormented phase in the history of the Church, which . . .
Those guidelines from the American College of Surgeons recommend discontinuing Plavix five to seven days before coronary artery bypass surgery, said Dr. Richard C. Becker, a professor of medicine in cardiology and hematology at Duke University, and co-author of a report in the Nov. 18 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
If the acute event was within 2 weeks of major surgery and/or patients have a higher risk of postoperative bleeding, a vena caval filter should be inserted preoperatively or intraoperatively. Warfarin should be withheld for only 4 doses if the most recent episode of VTE occurred 1-3 months before surgery.