Core EM - Emergency Medicine Podcast

Podcast 185.0: Anticoagulation Reversal

Core EM - Emergency Medicine Podcast

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How and when to reverse anticoagulation in the bleeding EM patient.

Hosts:

Joe Offenbacher, MD

Audrey Bree Tse, MD

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Tags: Anticoagulation, Critical Care, Resuscitation

Show Notes

Coagulation Cascade:

Algorithm for Anticoagulated Bleeding Patient in the ED:

Indications for Anticoagulation Reversal:

References:

Baugh CW, Levine M, Cornutt D, et al. Anticoagulant Reversal Strategies in the Emergency Department Setting: Recommendations of a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel. Ann Emerg Med. 2020;76(4):470-485. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.09.001

Eikelboom JW, Quinlan DJ, van Ryn J, Weitz JI. Idarucizumab: The Antidote for Reversal of Dabigatran. Circulation. 2015 Dec 22;132(25):2412-22. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.019628. PMID: 26700008.

Fariborz Farsad B, Golpira R, Najafi H, et al. Comparison between Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (PCC) and Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) for the Urgent Reversal of Warfarin in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves in a Tertiary Care Cardiac Center. Iran J Pharm Res. 2015;14(3):877-885.

Fariborz Farsad B, Golpira R, Najafi H, et al. Comparison between Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (PCC) and Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) for the Urgent Reversal of Warfarin in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves in a Tertiary Care Cardiac Center. Iran J Pharm Res. 2015;14(3):877-885.

Palta S, Saroa R, Palta A. Overview of the coagulation system. Indian J Anaesth. 2014;58(5):515-523. doi:10.4103/0019-5049.144643

Siegal DM, Curnutte JT, Connolly SJ, Lu G, Conley PB, Wiens BL, Mathur VS, Castillo J, Bronson MD, Leeds JM, Mar FA, Gold A, Crowther MA. Andexanet Alfa for the Reversal of Factor Xa Inhibitor Activity. N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 17;373(25):2413-24. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1510991. Epub 2015 Nov 11. PMID: 26559317.

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