SHORT ANSWER MANAGEMENT QUIZ:
List ONE reversal agent for reversing bleeding in a patient on Dabigatran.
List THREE medications / management steps that can be used to stop bleeding in a patient on Warfarin.
(answers below)
Make it stop! Just make it stop!
Praxbind™ is way easier to remember the spelling for than Idarucizumab.
In cases of life-threatening, uncontrolled bleeding, or in patients who need emergent surgery, we can now reverse Dabigatran. Pretty quickly as well! 2.5g of Praxbind™ given twice for a total dose of 5g IV within 15 minutes. Now you know!
Conveniently, it was the same company that makes Pradaxa that came up with the antidote, at over $3000 dollars a pop.
DID YOU KNOW – WARFarin comes from the acronym from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the ending indicates its link to coumARIN.
Reversing Warfarin can be done by:
1. Vitamin K and
2. Octaplex [Unactivated prothrombin complex concentrates (PCC)] or
3. Fresh Frozen Plasma
4. Dialysis
And don’t forget the simple stuff: STOP Warfarin/Pradaxa and direct pressure along with transfusion of blood products and fluids if required.
EXAM TIP - Using trade names vs generic. Either is acceptable on the exam according to the CFPC’s SAMPs Instructions to Candidate!
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