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Podcast 185.0: Anticoagulation Reversal

Core EM

Hosts: Joe Offenbacher, MD Audrey Bree Tse, MD [link] Download Leave a Comment 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. Iran J Pharm Res.

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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)

Core EM

Joly, 2017; Sawler, 2020) Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) (contains ADMTS-13) may be used to supplement ADAMTS-13 if there is a delay in initiating TPE in the emergency department (i.e. Decreases production of anti-ADAMTS13 antibodies by removing the B cells that mature into autoantibody-secreting plasma cells. Thrombosis Research.

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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 001 | Thrombotic Thrombocytopaenic Purpura

Emergency Medicine Ireland

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Read More ยป Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Treatment consists of: * PLEX – actual proper PLEX with plasma replacement as opposed to just washing out all the good stuff and giving albumin as replacement.

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Best Practices for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

ACEP Now

Fresh frozen plasma, or FFP, should only be given to cirrhotic patients as part of the massive transfusion protocol in cases of profound hypotension, as โ€œpatients with cirrhosis rarely have true enzymatic hypocoagulability, and FFP may worsen bleeding due to over-resuscitation and dilution of coagulation factors.โ€