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Blood and Clots Series: What are the risks of reversing DOAC-associated intracranial bleeding?

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All the content from the Blood & Clots series can be found here. CanMEDS Roles addressed: Medical Expert Case Description You are seeing a 54F in the emergency department after she sustained a mechanical fall. She struck her head on the pavement and is now confused. Her comorbidities include: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and atrial fibrillation.  She has been taking rivaroxaban 20 mg daily for three years without incident. Her complete blood count (CBC) …

Blood and Clots Series Quizlet 5: Should I Screen my Patient for Occult Cancer After Unprovoked VTE?

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Hello Blood & Clots/CanadiEM community! Before we post our blog series on thrombosis and bleeding, we encourage you to test your initial knowledge by going through a few brief case scenarios. These cases were originally posted as part of our needs assessment in Fall 2016, and you can find the answers after each question below. The first few quizlets can be found here: Quizlet 1, Quizlet 2, Quizlet 3, Quizlet 4. All the …

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Blood and Clots Quizlet 4: Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation

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Hello Blood & Clots/CanadiEM community! Before we post our blog series on thrombosis and bleeding, we encourage you to test your initial knowledge by going through a few brief case scenarios. These cases were originally posted as part of our needs assessment in Fall 2016, and you can find the answers after each question below. The first few quizlets can be found here: Quizlet 1, Quizlet 2, Quizlet 3. All the content from …

Blood and Clots Quizlet 3: Procedures on Warfarin

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Hello Blood & Clots/CanadiEM community! Before we post our blog series on thrombosis and bleeding, we encourage you to test your initial knowledge by going through a few brief case scenarios. These cases were originally posted as part of our needs assessment in Fall 2016, and you can find the answers after each question below. The first and second cases can be found here: Quizlet #1, Quizlet #2. All the content from the …

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Blood and Clots Quizlet 2: Trauma in a Patient on Warfarin

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Hello Blood & Clots/CanadiEM community! Before we post our blog series on thrombosis and bleeding, we encourage you to test your initial knowledge by going through a few brief case scenarios. These cases were originally posted as part of our needs assessment in Fall 2016, and you can find the answers after each question below. The first cases can be found here: Quizlet #1. All the content from the Blood & Clots series …

Blood and Clots Quizlet 1: Oral Contraceptives and Pulmonary Embolism

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Hello Blood & Clots/CanadiEM community! Before we post our blog series on thrombosis and bleeding, we encourage you to test your initial knowledge by going through a few brief case scenarios. These cases were originally posted as part of our needs assessment in Fall 2016, and you can find the answers after each question below. The Introduction to Blood and Clots post can be found here. All the content from the Blood and …