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NICE Decision Aid to assess the risk of bleeding on anticoagulation - HAS-BLED Score 1 

#Management
assess the risk of bleeding ... on anticoagulation ... #Management #Anticoagulation ... #DecisionAid #HASBLED
Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medications - Comparison Table

First Generation: chlopromazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine 
Second Generation: aripirazole, asenapine,
Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic ... #Atypical #Antipsychotics ... Comparison #Table #DecisionAid
Clozapine blood monitoring for side effects of agranulocytosis and granulocytopenia

#management #psychiatry #antipsychotics #pharmacology #medications #dosing #clozapine
management #psychiatry #antipsychotics ... monitoring #bloodwork #decisionaid
Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
Bleeding risk calculators ... clinical benefit of anticoagulation ... with very high bleeding ... of withholding anticoagulation ... #Calculators #Anticoagulation
Side Effects of Atypical and Typical Antipsychotics - Comparison Table
Atypical antipsychotics: Risperidone, Quetiapine, Olanzapine, Amisulpride, Ziprasidone
Atypical and Typical Antipsychotics ... Table Atypical antipsychotics ... common to all antipsychotics ... #Atypical #Antipsychotics ... #Pharmacology #DecisionAid
Anticoagulation Review. There are other bleeding risk assessment tools, but HAS-BLED is more commonly used. HTN
Anticoagulation ... There are other bleeding ... Bleeding includes ... that increase bleeding ... Purposes Only* #Anticoagulation
Atrial Fibrillation - Decision Aid - Anti-coagulation and Risk for Stroke - CHADS2VASc Score 5

#Management #Atrial
Fibrillation #AFib #Anticoagulation ... #DecisionAid #CHADS2VASc
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
Over-anticoagulation ... lead to severe bleeding ... pharmacotherapy #decisionaid
Lumbar Puncture Bleeding Risk

Discontinuing medications before lumbar puncture
 • Antiplatelets
 • Anticoagulants

#LP #Lumbar #Puncture #Bleeding #Risk
Lumbar Puncture Bleeding ... Lumbar #Puncture #Bleeding ... #Risk #anticoagulation
HAS-BLED Score: Estimates risk of major bleeding for patients on anticoagulation to assess risk-benefit in atrial
risk of major bleeding ... for patients on anticoagulation ... #Risk #Bleed #Anticoagulation