Management of Life-Threatening Bleeding In The Anticoagulated Patient In The Emergency Setting And The Impact of ANNEXA-4 On The Treatment of Patients Taking Factor Xa Inhibitors

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Management of Life-Threatening Bleeding In The Anticoagulated Patient In The Emergency Setting And The Impact of ANNEXA-4 On The Treatment of Patients Taking Factor Xa Inhibitors

Management of severe bleeding in patients taking oral anticoagulants is complicated. Acute care physicians must be knowledgeable about the individual oral anticoagulant agents, the general management of anticoagulant-associated bleeding, and the strategies for effective use of factor repletion and specific reversal agents.

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Management of Severe Bleeding In Patients Treated With Oral Anticoagulants

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Management of Severe Bleeding In Patients Treated With Oral Anticoagulants

For emergency physicians, critical care physicians, hospitalists, cardiologists, internists, surgeons, and family physicians, the current approach and disease indications for treatment with anticoagulants such as coumadin, Factor IIa, and Factor Xa inhibitors are particularly relevant. When a patient treated with anticoagulants presents to the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, or Operating Room with severe, uncontrollable bleeding, achieving rapid, controlled hemostasis is critically important to saving the patient’s life.

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