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

Currently, edoxaban and rivaroxaban are the only
anticoagulants (DOACs ... anticoagulant; LMWH ... body mass index; VTE ... = venous thromboembolism ... #DOAC #VTE #Malignancy
Treatment algorithm for VTE in Malignancy

(A) Suggested treatment algorithm for symptomatic and incidental DVT or PE
algorithm for VTE ... thrombosis in cancer ... DOAC, direct oral ... #DOAC #VTE #Malignancy ... #Cancer #Algorithm
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
(VTE). ... • Provoked (e.g ... Age-appropriate cancer ... Age-appropriate cancer ... - Recurrent VTE
Heparin, Fondaparinux, and Novel Oral Anticoagulants - Pathophysiology

Anticoagulation with parenteral (intravenous or subcutaneous) and oral anticoagulants
the mainstay of VTE ... . heparin, LMWH, ... anticoagulant (e.g ... #UFH #DOAC #Dabigatran ... #Fondaparinux #NOAC
Algorithm for the diagnosis and management of iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT). In the absence of
CAT = cancer-associated ... thromboembolic ... inferior vena cava, LMWH ... #dvt #vte #thromboembolism
Duration of Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
 - Major transient risk factor (eg, major surgery, major
Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism ... (VTE) - Major ... transient risk factor (eg ... or as long as cancer ... Indefinite #VTE
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
and vv (2) P+ve ... - Axis - QRS +ve ... Short QT <300-360 ms ... #Approach #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy (e.g ... Avoid Warfarin and DOAC ... hemodynamics (e.g ... Considerations • Thromboembolic ... Serial TTE and close