ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the effect of combined use of antiplatelet drugs on late-onset bleeding in elderly patients after high frequency electric resection of the colon polyps on colonoscopy.Methods Data with late-onset bleeding after high frequency electric resection of the colon polyps on colonoscopy were collected from 64 elderly patients using antiplatelet drugs from January 2010 to December 2013.Those 64 elderly patiets using antiplatelet drugs were divided into aspirin,clopidogrel,and aspirin + clopidogrel groups.The clinical situation,blood-coagulation time,bleeding-occurrence time,emergency colonoscopy hemostatic rate of demand,and hemostatic time in hospital were analyzed.Results No statistically significant differences were found in the blood-coagulation time,bleeding-occurrence time,and hemostatic time in hospital among aspirin,clopidogrel,and aspirin + clopidogrel groups.However,the clinical situation,and emergency colonoscopy hemostatic rate of demand in aspirin + clopidogrel group were significantly more serious and higher than those of the aspirin or clopidogrel groups (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions There are more serious clinical situation and higher emergency colonoscopy hemostatic demand in patients with combined use of antiplatelet drugs relative to the use of single antiplatelet drug.The clinicians should pay attention to the combined use of antiplatelet drugs for late-onset bleeding in elderly patients after high frequency electric resection of the colon polyps on colonoscopy.