Meet the Experts: Managing Life-Threatening Bleeding in Anticoagulated Patients in the Emergency Department

Meet the Experts: Managing Life-Threatening Bleeding in Anticoagulated Patients in the Emergency Department

This program focuses on the management of life-threatening bleeds from a range of specialties: Emergency Medicine, Neurocritical Care, Trauma, and Gastroenterology. A panel of international Emergency Medicine experts will provide perspectives on each of the associated areas of bleeding and relevant clinical cases.

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Identifying Anticoagulated Patients in the ED and ICU - Who Should Receive Repletion or Reversal Therapy for Life-Threatening GI Bleeding?

Identifying Anticoagulated Patients in the ED and ICU - Who Should Receive Repletion or Reversal Therapy for Life-Threatening GI Bleeding?

As the utilization of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) increases, there is a parallel increase in major bleeding events, especially intracranial hemorrhages, requiring hospitalization. Clinicians are not recognizing or distinguishing major from minor bleeding or appropriately employing emergent options to manage major bleeding.

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Should 4F-PCCs Ever be Used In the Resuscitation of the Patient Treated with a Factor Xa Inhibitor?

Should 4F-PCCs Ever be Used In the Resuscitation of the Patient Treated with a Factor Xa Inhibitor?

As the utilization of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) increases, there is a parallel increase in major bleeding events, especially intracranial hemorrhages, requiring hospitalization. Clinicians are not recognizing or distinguishing major from minor bleeding, or appropriately employing emergent options to manage major bleeding. Recent solutions for DOAC related life-threatening bleeding are under-recognized and under-utilized solutions for patients with these life-threatening emergencies. Over the last 12-18 months, nationally recognized guidelines have provided clear direction on how best to manage these types of major bleeding events.

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