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Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Perioperative Management ... invasive or surgical procedure ... per treatment table ... patient-specific and procedural ... bleeding risk ✔ Procedures
"Appropriate patient positioning for lumbar puncture and location of the L4/L5 intercostal space"-McMaster Textbook of Internal
the examination table ... perpendicular to the table ... The procedure can ... #Procedure #LumbarPuncture ... #Management #Positioning
Oral anti-hypertensives with relative fast onset of action (Hypertensive Emergency)

The key concern with oral antihypertensive agents
medications (e.g. procedural ... Hypertensive #Emergency #Management ... #Pharmacology #Table
PROCEDURE: MEASUREMENT OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE - Instructions

#Diagnosis #Procedures #Intraabdominal #Pressure #Measurement #ACS #Bladder #Instructions
PROCEDURE: MEASUREMENT ... #Diagnosis #Procedures
Resuscitative Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions Reference Card

#Management #OBGyn #Emergency #Resuscitative #Hysterotomy #Algorithm #Procedure #Instructions #Checklist #Teams
Hysterotomy - Procedure ... Reference Card #Management ... Hysterotomy #Algorithm #Procedure
Thresholds for Transfusion of Platelets in Adults
Major surgery or invasive procedure, no active bleeding - 
≤
surgery or invasive procedure ... 100 (rarely) Stable ... nonbleeding - < 10 Stable ... undergoing invasive procedure ... - < 20 #Management
Escharotomy - Procedure Instructions

An unlikely procedure for an EM physician in St Mungo's,  but an
Escharotomy - Procedure ... An unlikely procedure ... to perform the procedure ... indication and procedure ... #Management #Burn
Paracentesis - Procedure
1) Marking Epigastric Vessels
2) Finding A Fluid Pocket

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#Paracentesis #Procedure #instructions #management
Paracentesis - Procedure ... #Paracentesis #Procedure ... #instructions #management
Paracentesis Procedure Checklist and Supplies
 • Indications
 • Pre-op
 • Preparation and Supplies
 • Insertion
 •
Paracentesis Procedure ... #Paracentesis #Procedure ... Instructions #Supplies #management
PROCEDURE: MEASUREMENT OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE

#Diagnosis #Procedures #Intraabdominal #Pressure #Measurement #ACS #Bladder #Checklist #Supplies
PROCEDURE: MEASUREMENT ... #Diagnosis #Procedures