Management of Major Bleeding for Anticoagulated Patients in the Emergency Department: an European Experts Consensus Statement→

Management of Major Bleeding for Anticoagulated Patients in the Emergency Department: an European Experts Consensus Statement (Eur J Emerg Med. 2023 Oct 1;30(5):315-323). Published in October 2023 by the European Journal of Emergency Medicine, this important multidisciplinary consensus paper was developed to provide emergency clinicians with a systematic and practical approach to the management of critically ill and injured anticoagulated patients presenting to the ED. Emphasis is placed on four important clinical presentations of anticoagulated patients: the initial management in the ED of the patient with nontraumatic and traumatic bleeding, intracranial hemorrhage, and gastrointestinal bleeding, along with a detailed discussion of approaches to repletion of VKA-induced clotting factor deficiencies and treatment using specific reversal agents for DOAC anticoagulation.