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Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: quick reference

…with frequent reassessment. Give blood according to the circulatory response and the transfusion principles below 6 Stop anticoagulants in serious ongoing bleeding. Reverse selectively according…

Complications of Coronary Angiography and Vascular Access Management

…and blood transfusion with radial access. Radial access has also been associated with lower overall major adverse cardiac events and mortality in pooled analyses of…

Blood transfusion and massive haemorrhage

Procedurer The most serious transfusion accidents rarely stem from laboratory errors but from the wrong blood being given to the wrong patient — a mislabelled tube…

Massive haemorrhage and transfusion: quick reference

…Immediate management In massive haemorrhage it is rapid control of the bleeding that determines the outcome. Transfusion restores circulating volume, oxygen transport and haemostatic capacity…

Intensive care parameters

…septic shock Haemoglobin, transfusion threshold 70 g/L 80 g/L in acute coronary syndrome See the circulatory and haemodynamic parameters for pressures, flows and…

Anticoagulants: quick reference for dosing, renal adjustment and reversal

…dose. Andexanet alfa where available Low molecular weight heparin Protamine has only a partial effect Unfractionated heparin Protamine Antiplatelet agents Platelet transfusion has weak evidence…

Peripheral venous cannula and intraosseous access

Procedurer In acute circulatory failure it is not the number of cannulae that matters but the flow per unit time . A large bore, short cannula…

🟠 Prasugrel (Effient, Efient, Prasita)

…bleeding risk, including oral anticoagulants, clopidogrel, NSAIDs, or fibrinolytics. For patients with active bleeding requiring reversal of prasugrel's pharmacological effect, platelet transfusion may be

Cardiac arrest due to electrolyte imbalance

…bowel syndrome"), parathyroid and thyroid surgeries, as well as medications and agents such as bisphosphonates, calcitonin, citrate (from transfusions), phenytoin, phosphate, and foscarnet, among others…

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