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Summary table of the mechanism of action, side effect and contraindications of commonly used anti-coagulation drugs.
Enoxaparin - Warfarin ... Xa inhibitors - Apixaban ... - Dabigatran #anticoagulation ... #pharmacology # ... medications #doac
Warfarin to DOAC and DOAC to Warfarin Transitions 

Here are a couple of charts to help
Warfarin to DOAC ... and DOAC to Warfarin ... Quick tip: apixaban ... #Pharmacology # ... Table
Oral Anticoagulation Management Cheat Sheet: Warfarin, Apixaban, Dabigatran, Rivaroxaban
 - Mechanism of Action
 - Routine Blood
Management Cheat Sheet: Warfarin ... , Apixaban, Dabigatran ... Anticoagulant #DOAC ... #Management #Table ... #Pharmacology #
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
response to the drug ... Over-anticoagulation ... management #algorithm #pharmacology ... #treatment #medications ... #table #pharmacotherapy
Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
patients on chronic anticoagulation ... For patients on warfarin ... per treatment table ... inhibitor) • Apixaban ... Management #Treatment #pharmacology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Antiarrhythmic drugs ... typically needed • DOACs ... (rivaroxaban, apixaban ... indications ... #diagnosis #management
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Drugs Implicated ... #medications #Hemolytic ... #Anemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology ... #table
Numerous drugs taken by elderly persons can affect water balance by direct action on the kidney
Numerous drugs taken ... on the kidney (Table ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Hyponatremia #Medications ... DrugInduced #List #Differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... /MRA • Avoid Warfarin ... and DOAC • Planning ... during Delivery • Stable ... suggest prophylactic anticoagulation
Drug-induced Hemolysis in G6PD Deficiency
Medicines and other substances likely to be UNSAFE in moderate to severe
Drug-induced Hemolysis ... DrugInduced #Hemolysis #Pharmacology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Table ... #Medications