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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 ... #DOAC #VTE #Malignancy ... Anticoagulation #Management #Hematology
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 ... Anticoagulation #Management #Hematology
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
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
• Provoked (e.g ... Age-appropriate cancer ... Age-appropriate cancer ... Hypercoagulable #Workup #hematology ... diagnosis #algorithm #hematology
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
Malabsorption (e.g ... Medications - Heparin, LMWH ... , warfarin, DOACs ... (e.g. direct factor ... comparison #diagnosis #hematology
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