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Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
bleeding risk #HASBLED ... Anticoagulation #Factors
REBEL Review 79: Treatment of Hemophilia 

Walkina Out of Pt Room, You Should Know... 
1. Type
Factor Activity ... Type of Factor ... ) Units of Factor ... #factor9 #factorviii ... #factorix
NICE Decision Aid to assess the risk of bleeding on anticoagulation - HAS-BLED Score 1 

#Management
#DecisionAid #HASBLED
Stroke and bleeding risk stratification with the CHADS2-VASc and HAS-BLED schemas

#Diagnosis #Hematology #CHADS2 #CHADS2VASc #HASBLED #Comparison
CHADS2 #CHADS2VASc #HASBLED
HAS-BLED Score: Estimates risk of major bleeding for patients on anticoagulation to assess risk-benefit in atrial
#Diagnosis #HASBLED
Hemostasis Physiology

The blood's response to blood vessel injury can be viewed as four interrelated steps. 
Roman
to coagulation factors ... PF-3, platelet factor
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
could be multiple factors ... pathways or a single factor ... common pathway factors ... Decreased factor ... Factor consumption
Mixing Study
 • Clotting tests can be abnormal due to either a clotting factor deficiency, or
either a clotting factor ... inhibitor of normal factor ... generally only require factors ... Patient has a factor ... Patient has a factor
Blood Product Components, Contents, Volume and Shelf Life

Whole blood (autologous or directed donations) - RBC and
Factors V and VIII ... all coagulation factors ... least 80 units of factor ... von Willebrand factor ... , factor XIII, fibronectin
On the INR of FFP - why transfusing for INR < 1.7 is futile

FFP replaces a
of coagulation factors ... 30% coagulation factors ... fixed increase in factor