Search results for "Anticoagulants"
Zero-truth medical updates
Catch up on the latest imaginary medical news, from manic mannequins to microleeches.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/free/zero-truth-medical-updates.htm
20 Mar 2024
Diagnose, address cognitive impairment in heart failure patients, society says
A new scientific statement from the Heart Failure Society of America advises clinicians to be alert to clues such as difficulty with money or running out of medicine, among other recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/diagnose-address-cognitive-impairment-in-heart-failure-patients-society-says.htm
20 Mar 2024
Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
A mycotic aneurysm, retroperitoneal hematoma, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/free/cases-from-the-medical-college-of-wisconsin.htm
28 Feb 2024
Review looks at optimal dosing for rapid reversal of vitamin K antagonists
A fixed-dose regimen of four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate was associated with lower mortality and fewer thromboembolic events compared with a variable-dose regimen, the systematic review and meta-analysis of anticoagulant reversal found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/21/review-looks-at-optimal-dosing-for-rapid-reversal-of-vitamin-k-antagonists.htm
21 Feb 2024
Updated guidance issued on cardiovascular implantable device infections
The scientific statement from the American Heart Association covers prevention, diagnosis, and management of the infections, including what tests to use and when to transfer patients for subspecialty care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/13/updated-guidance-issued-on-cardiovascular-implantable-device-infections.htm
13 Dec 2023
Buprenorphine, cannabis, and other periop challenges
Perioperative medication management is particularly tricky when it comes to patients who are already taking drugs for chronic pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/buprenorphine-cannabis-and-other-periop-challenges.htm
22 Nov 2023
Off-label dosing of DOACs at discharge common in afib patients
More than 10% of patients hospitalized with afib receive a direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) at less or more than the recommended dose at discharge, according to data from the Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation registry.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/15/off-label-dosing-of-doacs-at-discharge-common-in-afib-patients.htm
15 Nov 2023
Switching to newer oral anticoagulant didn't benefit frail older patients with afib
A randomized trial that switched some frail atrial fibrillation patients from vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) to non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants found that such patients had more bleeding and no decrease in thromboembolic events compared to those who stayed on a VKA.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/06/switching-to-newer-oral-anticoagulant-didnt-benefit-frail-older-patients-with-afib.htm
6 Sep 2023
Chest physicians make 11 recommendations on antithrombotic therapy in COVID-19
The recommendations on prevention and management of arterial thrombosis and thromboembolism are not a major departure from prepandemic ones, according to an expert panel from the American College of Chest Physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/free/chest-physicians-make-11-recommendations-on-antithrombotic-therapy-in-covid-19.htm
5 Jul 2023
Higher-dose prophylactic anticoagulation required to prevent thrombosis in hypoxemic COVID-19
Mortality and time to improvement didn't differ with twice the standard dose of heparin versus a standard or therapeutic dose, but there was a lower rate of new thromboembolic events with no increase in major bleeding, a French trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/29/free/higher-dose-prophylactic-anticoagulation-needed-to-prevent-thrombosis-in-hypoxemic-covid-19.htm
29 Mar 2023