Christopher W Baugh, Michael Levine, David Cornutt, Jason W Wilson, Richard Kwun, Charles E Mahan, Charles V Pollack, Evie G Marcolini, Truman J Milling, W Frank Peacock, Rachel P Rosovsky, Fred Wu, Ravi Sarode, Alex C Spyropoulos, Todd C Villines, Timothy D Woods, John McManus, James Williams
Bleeding is the most common complication of anticoagulant use. The evaluation and management of the bleeding patient is a core competency of emergency medicine. As the prevalence of patients receiving anticoagulant agents and variety of anticoagulants with different mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, indications, and corresponding reversal agents increase, physicians and other clinicians working in the emergency department require a current and nuanced understanding of how best to assess, treat, and reverse anticoagulated patients...
October 2020: Annals of Emergency Medicine