Blood&Clots Series: Performing non-neuraxial bedside procedures on patients taking anticoagulants

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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 assessing a patient in the emergency room who is presenting with a unilateral large pleural effusion that is causing hypoxia and shortness of breath. She needs a thoracentesis but her INR is 3.0 due to the Warfarin she takes for atrial fibrillation. How can this procedure be performed safely? What about …

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 …