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Patient risk stratification algorithm for the treatment of cancer-associated thrombosis.

Currently, edoxaban and rivaroxaban are the only
algorithm for the treatment ... for appropriate dosing ... #DOAC #VTE #Malignancy ... Anticoagulation #Management ... #Hematology #Oncology
Best practice recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of adult patients experiencing traumatic brain injury during
diagnosis and treatment ... traumatic brain injury during ... treatment with ... oral anticoagulants ... #DOAC #Management
Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Perioperative Management ... direct acting oral ... recent creatinine clearance ... (calculated using ... interruption per treatment
Treatment algorithm for VTE in Malignancy

(A) Suggested treatment algorithm for symptomatic and incidental DVT or PE
for VTE in Malignancy ... DOAC, direct oral ... #DOAC #VTE #Malignancy ... Anticoagulation #Management ... #Hematology #Oncology
DOAC Reversal
Emergency surgery or urgent procedure
Stop anticoagulant treatment; volume resuscitation and transfusion as needed
Antidotes:
 • Apixaban,
DOAC Reversal Emergency ... anticoagulant treatment ... not available #DOAC ... #Oral #anticoagulant ... #hematology #management
This is a quick overview of hormonal acne treatment for the medical student and resident.

Keep in
hormonal acne treatment ... #treatment #photo ... #management #skin ... Anti-androgenic therapy using ... flutamide for the treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
with CTD, drugs, malignancy ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... • Moderate: oral ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
• Part of the oral ... greatest risk), Malignancy ... Treatment: • 50% ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly: frontal bossing ... colon (↑polyps & malignancy ... to CVD & colon malignancy ... IGF-1 equivocal: Oral ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Diagnosis and Management ... Guidelines recommend using ... L-aspartate (LOLA), oral ... Classification #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #hepatology