Highlights of ISTH Guidelines and Guidance Documents - report from ISTH 2026

Dr. James Douketis delivers an essential overview of the key highlights from the newly updated ISTH guidelines and guidance documents at the ISTH 2026 Congress. This targeted brief focuses on practical, evidence-based clinical recommendations, highlighting two major clinical updates:Surgical and Procedural Bleed Risk Stratification for Anticoagulated Patients Undergoing Planned Surgery – A refined, three-tier classification framework to optimize periprocedural anticoagulation management.Monitoring and Management of Therapeutic-dose UFH in Practice – Key updates on standardizing and improving the safety of therapeutic unfractionated heparin (UFH) dosing and monitoring.Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:highlights-isth-guidelines-and-guidance-documents