Thrombosis
News
The ‘holy grail’ of thrombosis prevention
SAN DIEGO – One expert says it’s the ability to determine the risk of recurrence with or without continuation of anticoagulant treatment.
Clinical
Patients presenting with saddle pulmonary emboli (PE) versus nonsaddle PE have no mortality difference but have an increased risk for decompensation
Do saddle pulmonary embolisms have worse outcomes compared to nonsaddle pulmonary embolisms?
HM18
Using data to drive quality improvement projects
Attendees will learn how to develop balanced metrics for quality improvement projects, understand distinctions between quality improvement and...
HM18
Neuro updates: Longer stroke window; hold the fresh frozen plasma
For ischemic stroke, very good evidence for mechanical thrombectomy, with new data pointing to a prolonged treatment window for some patients.
News
Two scoring systems helpful in diagnosing heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
SAN DIEGO – Both the 4Ts Score or the HIT Expert Probability (HEP) Score performed well in a real-world study.
News
Few acutely ill hospitalized patients receive VTE prophylaxis
The results “imply that there is a significantly unmet need for effective VTE prophylaxis in both the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care...
News
Protocol helped identify hospitalized children at risk for VTE
SAN DIEGO – Children with hospital-acquired VTE tended to be more medically complex, a single-center study showed.
News
Warfarin dose capping avoided supratherapeutic INRs in hospitalized elderly
SAN DIEGO – Limiting the initial dose of warfarin to 2.5 mg or less for hospitalized patients aged 85 years and older led to significant...
Article
Many VTE patients live in fear of the next event
An estimated 41% of patients who experience a VTE fear another clot often or almost all the time.
Video
VIDEO: Andexanet alfa effectively reverses factor Xa anticoagulant
ORLANDO – Now that reversal is possible prescriptions for the already-popular direct Factor Xa inhibitor, anticoagulants should spike higher.
