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Anticoagulation Reversal

Core EM

2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Management of Bleeding in Patients on Oral Anticoagulants: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. 2017.09.1085 Gómez-Outes A, Alcubilla P, Calvo-Rojas G, et al. doi:10.1186/s13054-019-2492-8 Baugh CW, Levine M, Cornutt D, et al.

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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)

Core EM

Annual incidence of approximately 2-4 cases/million/year (Kappler, 2017), with 90% of cases occurring in adulthood. Joly, 2017) Risk factors include: Female, 2:1 female to male predominance (Terrell, 2010) Black race Obesity TTP is a life-threatening condition with mortality of 10-20% despite targeted therapies.

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REBEL Cast Ep 118: The PROCOAG Trial – 4F-PCC for Trauma Patients?

REBEL EM

Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Paper: Bouzat P et al. References: Bouzat P et al. PMID: 36942533 Innerhofer P et al. High-quality studies are needed to determine the utility of this intervention. REBEL Cast Ep118: The PROCOAG Trial – 4F-PCC in Trauma Patients? to 3.33; P = 0.72 to 2.10; P = 0.03

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REBEL Core Cast 108.0 – Angioedema

REBEL EM

Read More EMCrit: Podcast 145 – Awake Intubation Lecture from SMACC ERCast: Angioedema References: Baş M et al. PMID 25629740 Hassen GW et al. PMID 23062323 Kostis JB et al. PMID 16043683 McCormick M et al. PMID 20954277 Sinnert R et al. J Allergy Clin Immune Tract 2017; 5(5): 1402-9. Zuraw et al.

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SGEM386: Blood on Blood – Massive Transfusion Protocols in Older Trauma Patients

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: December 16th, 2022 Reference: Hohle et al. Date: December 16th, 2022 Reference: Hohle et al. The transfusion tech calls to remind you that your protocol is currently under review, and asks if would you like the 1:1 or the 1:3 version of fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) to packed red blood cells (pRBC)? years ( 2 ).

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TEG-Guided Resuscitation of Patients with Cirrhosis and Non-Variceal Bleeding

REBEL EM

A meta-analysis of fifteen RCTs comparing blood product transfusion rates of cardiothoracic and surgery patients found significantly lower transfusion rates of FFP in TEG/ROTEM guided group compared to traditional tests, with no difference in survival rates (Fahrendorff 2017). Article: Kumar M et al. Furthermore, 14.3%

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 102: Hypocalcemia in Trauma and the Diamond of Death

EMDocs

FFP and platelets also contain citrate. Giancarelli et al found that 97% of patients who underwent massive transfusion protocols during trauma resuscitation were hypocalcemic (iCa < 1.1 Kyle et al demonstrated that transfusing a single unit of pRBCs can lead to significant decreases in Ca. Byerly S, Inaba K, Biswas S, et al.

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