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Podcast 185.0: Anticoagulation Reversal
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Podcast 185.0: Anticoagulation Reversal

Core EM - Emergency Medicine Podcast

February 11, 202221m 6s

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How and when to reverse anticoagulation in the bleeding EM patient.

Hosts:
Joe Offenbacher, MD
Audrey Bree Tse, MD

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Show Notes

Coagulation Cascade:

 

Algorithm for Anticoagulated Bleeding Patient in the ED:

 

 

Indications for Anticoagulation Reversal:

 

References: 

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