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sudha2015 - 03-10-11 10:23 Bookmark and Share

You are called by the ER at 1am for a patient with an acute GI bleed with a hematocrit of 11. The patient has been on dabigatran. In addition to transfusing packed red blood cells and urgent endoscopic evaluation, how would you suggest they manage the patient?
Hemodialysis
FEIBA
Fresh frozen plasma
Any of the answers may be acceptable
None of the answers are correct
Recombinant factor VIIa

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Re: o5
drspleen - 03-11-11 00:29

Hemodialysis

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Re: o5
babbu5508 - 03-17-11 12:55

Dabigatran is an anticoagulant from the class of the direct thrombin inhibitors. It is being studied for various clinical indications and in some cases it offers an alternative to warfarin

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