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
Decision pathway addresses bleeding in patients on oral anticoagulants
The guidance from the American College of Cardiology covers management of major and minor bleeding in patients treated with direct-acting oral anticoagulants or vitamin K antagonists for any indication.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/22/4.htm
22 Jul 2020
September 6, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/06/
ACC releases decision pathway on bleeding in patients on oral anticoagulants
The pathway covers relevant laboratory tests, acute medical and surgical management, need for reversal, and the appropriateness and timing of restarting anticoagulation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/06/1.htm
6 Dec 2017
December 7, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/07/
Fondaparinux associated with fewer HIT complications than approved anticoagulants in industry-funded study
Despite not being an FDA-approved treatment for suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), fondaparinux was the most-used drug in the study, which compared it to danaparoid, argatroban, and lepirudin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/22/1.htm
22 Nov 2017
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
Extended anticoagulant treatment appears beneficial for first unprovoked PE
Eighteen months of warfarin after PE reduced recurrences during anticoagulation, but showed a similar thromboembolism rate as placebo at 42 months, a randomized trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/15/3.htm
15 Jul 2015
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
Adding catheter-directed thrombolysis to anticoagulants not helpful in DVT
There isn't an apparent advantage to adding catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) to anticoagulants in treating deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/30/3.htm
30 Jul 2014