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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.68_slideshow.ppt
July 01, 2004 - Referenced 4
PROWESS Exclusion
Drotrecogin alfa has anticoagulant properties, so patients at high … beta-blockers for coronary artery disease
ACE inhibitors for congestive heart failure
Pharmacologic prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.14_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2003 - Preventing Catheter-Related Thrombosis
Low molecular weight heparin
No clinical trials for prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49819/psn-pdf
February 01, 2018 - , the ICU team and the neurosurgeon decided it would be safe to start deep venous
thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis … collectively decided that, if the CT scan that day remained unchanged,
the benefits of low-dose DVT prophylaxis … full-dose anticoagulation (rather than lower dose
anticoagulation, appropriate for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/signout-fallout
November 16, 2022 - 4, the ICU team and the neurosurgeon decided it would be safe to start deep venous thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis … collectively decided that, if the CT scan that day remained unchanged, the benefits of low-dose DVT prophylaxis … full-dose anticoagulation (rather than lower dose anticoagulation, appropriate for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49525/psn-pdf
December 01, 2006 - includes discontinuation of all forms of heparin (including flushes) and initiation of an alternative
anticoagulant … warfarin is introduced in a patient
with HIT and typically begins within days of starting the oral anticoagulant … Recombinant hirudin: a specific thrombin inhibiting
anticoagulant for hemodialysis. … Agent Description Indication Dosing Comment
Argatroban
Synthetic direct
thrombin
inhibitor
Prophylaxis … Probability Score
High Moderate Low
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Stop heparin‡, give alternative non-heparin anticoagulant
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2021-02/final_feb_2021_spotlight_delay_in_appropriate_dx.pdf
January 01, 2021 - critical finding was not conveyed to the primary
team
• The patient was started on a direct oral anticoagulant … of disease severity, they considered her to
be low-risk and initiated therapy with a direct oral anticoagulant … occurs in up to 7% of patients, with 1.3% developing PE
• Despite this increased risk, routine VTE prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delay-appropriate-diagnosis-and-treatment-leading-death-pulmonary-embolism
December 31, 2024 - The patient was started on a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC). … appreciation of disease severity, they considered her to be low-risk and initiated therapy with a direct oral anticoagulant … occurs in up to 7% of patients, with 1.3% developing PE. 3-5 Despite this increased risk, routine VTE prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hip-fractures-older-patients-case-geriatrics-comanagement
July 01, 2004 - The patient was not placed on venous thromboembolism prophylaxis prior to surgery. … February 13, 2019
WebM&M Cases
New Oral Anticoagulants
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49783/psn-pdf
February 01, 2017 - discovered the patient had been given low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for
venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis … EHR), and that she was used to ordering it as
nearly all patients she admitted met criteria for VTE prophylaxis … For a patient
presenting in the emergency department with a subdural hematoma, prescribing the anticoagulant … combination
of large volumes of information, inappropriate application of her usual practice (giving VTE prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hazards-distraction-ticking-all-ehr-boxes
April 09, 2014 - discovered the patient had been given low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis … EHR), and that she was used to ordering it as nearly all patients she admitted met criteria for VTE prophylaxis … For a patient presenting in the emergency department with a subdural hematoma, prescribing the anticoagulant … combination of large volumes of information, inappropriate application of her usual practice (giving VTE prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72739/psn-pdf
February 10, 2021 - The patient was started on a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC). … appreciation of disease severity, they considered her to be low-risk and initiated therapy with a direct
oral anticoagulant … occurs in up to 7% of patients, with 1.3% developing PE.
3-5 Despite this increased risk, routine VTE prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trauma-when-theres-no-time-count
April 20, 2016 - August 19, 2015
An observational study of direct oral anticoagulant awareness indicating … March 6, 2013
Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use … of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49860/psn-pdf
April 01, 2019 - The patient was not placed on venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
prior to surgery.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49522/psn-pdf
November 01, 2006 - For example, an initiative designed to increase the use of
venous thromboembolism prophylaxis that did … intramuscular
injections, the risk does not appear to be significantly increased among patients on anticoagulants
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/getting-good-report-card-unintended-consequences-public-reporting-hospital-quality
October 01, 2004 - For example, an initiative designed to increase the use of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis that did … intramuscular injections, the risk does not appear to be significantly increased among patients on anticoagulants
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fatal-case-iatrogenic-hypercalcemia-after-calcium-channel-blocker-overdose
October 26, 2022 - December 16, 2009
Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the … use of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism … April 1, 2015
Monitoring the harm associated with use of anticoagulants in pediatric
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.140_slideshow.ppt
December 01, 2006 - Serotonin-release assay
HIT: Treatment
Discontinue of all forms of heparin
Initiate an alternative anticoagulant—direct … Inhibitors
AGENT DESCRIPTION INDICATION DOSING COMMENT
Argatroban Synthetic direct thrombin inhibitor Prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.137_slideshow.ppt
November 01, 2006 - to a patient during a single hospitalization
Development of bleeding from venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/overdose-oxygen
August 02, 2023 - March 6, 2013
Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use … of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism … February 25, 2015
An observational study of direct oral anticoagulant awareness indicating
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/no-bp-during-nibp
March 01, 2011 - hemodynamic responses ( 15 ), antibiotic administration compliance, and postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis … May 16, 2022
WebM&M Cases
New Oral Anticoagulants