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Tag: Guidance

  • For Health Care Professionals: Preventing Thrombosis in COVID-19 –Anticoagulation Algorithm

    Stephan Moll, MD writes (last updated: Sept 9th, 2020)… Background:  Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 are at increased risk for thrombosis – DVT, PE, and may be pulmonary micro-vascular thrombosis that possibly contributes to respiratory failure; arterial events appear to occur less commonly. Scientific/clinical data on prevalence of thrombosis, best prevention, and optimal therapy are limited.…

  • Bleeding on Antithrombotics: Reversal Protocol 2016

    Stephan Moll, MD writes…  Our medical center (University of North Carolina Hospitals,  Chapel Hill)  has put together a comprehensive “Emergent Anticoagulation Reversal Guideline” for our local use, updated since its last edition in 2014 with information about Pradaxa® reversal (with Praxbind®).  It is  a practical, clinical how-to document (2016 PDF here ). Colleagues and hospitals are welcome to take the…

  • New Comprehensive Clinical Guidance on VTE Treatment

    Stephan Moll, MD writes… A new consensus guidance on management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) – link here – was published today, Jan 18th, 2016, in the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis.  The publication contains 13 chapters on various aspects of VTE

  • Difficulty in Diagnosing Recurrent DVT – Clinical Guidance

    Stephan Moll, MD writes….  Recurrent DVT can be challenging to diagnose, as it may be difficult on Doppler ultrasound to tell chronic changes from additional new clot.  A guidance statement from the ISTH (International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis) published this week (May 18th, 2013) provides solid, clinically useful, evidence-based recommendations