6 results
Oral anticoagulant dosing and bridging for VTE

- Dr. Joseph Shatzel @Clotmaster 

#VTE #DOAC #Bridging #Dosing #Oral
#DOAC #Bridging ... Anticoagulant #Anticoagulation ... #Dabigatran #Apixaban ... #Rivaroxaban #Edoxaban ... #Loading #DVT #Pharmacology
DOAC: Cheat Sheet - Atrial Fibrillation, VTE Prophylaxis, VTE and Renal Dosing

Renal Dosing:
Apixaban (25% renal clearance):
DOAC: Cheat Sheet ... - Atrial Fibrillation ... @Bloodman #DOAC ... #Dabigatran #Edoxaban ... #NOAC
Pharmacokinetic Characteristics and Primary Routes of Clearance of Oral Anticoagulant Agents

Warfarin - 100% Hepatic, 0% Renal
Apixaban
Hepatic, 0% Renal Apixaban ... Hepatic, 35% Renal #DOAC ... #NOAC #Metabolism ... #Pharmacology # ... #anticoagulation
Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Management of DOACs ... anticoagulants (DOACs ... determine timing of DOAC ... inhibitor) • Apixaban ... postoperative #DOAC
Heparin, Fondaparinux, and Novel Oral Anticoagulants - Pathophysiology

Anticoagulation with parenteral (intravenous or subcutaneous) and oral anticoagulants
the mainstay of VTE ... accelerates the bridging ... Heparins #LMWH #UFH #DOAC ... #Dabigatran #Apixaban ... #Fondaparinux #NOAC
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
typically needed • DOACs ... (rivaroxaban, apixaban ... , edoxaban) • Warfarin ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology