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Complications After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: an Updated Umbrella Review
AbstractPurpose of ReviewWe conducted a comprehensive and updated overview on complications occurring after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for severe aortic stenosis.Recent FindingsDespite remarkable improvements in patient selection, devices, procedures, and ancillary management, complications may still occur in patients undergoing TAVI. On top of most commonly described adverse events such as death, myocardial infarction, stroke, bleeding, vascular complication, renal failure, pacemaker implantation and residual valve regurgitation, other less common but similarly severe complications may still occur. The...
Source: Current Emergency and Hospital Medicine Reports - September 13, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

The Role of Thromboelastography Testing in the Emergency Medicine, Trauma Center, and Critical Care Environments
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThromboelastography (TEG) has been gaining attention for its potential use in a variety of disease of states to guide therapies and determine prognosis. This review will explore recent research specifically regarding the use of thromboelastography in the emergency, trauma, and critical care clinical environments.Recent FindingsThromboelastography has its drawbacks. TEG has wide operator and machine variability. Known coagulopathic states may exhibit normal viscoelastic results, indicating inconsistent results. Thromboelastography has shown to decrease transfusion of blood products in traumatic hemo...
Source: Current Emergency and Hospital Medicine Reports - February 15, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Management of Bleeding Complications in Patients Taking Direct Oral Anticoagulants at a Large Tertiary Academic Medical Center
Abstract Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) offer a fixed-dose alternative to warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, there is minimal evidence to guide the management of bleeding in patients taking a DOAC. We retrospectively evaluated the acute management of major bleeding in this patient population at a large, tertiary academic medical center. We evaluated various strategies of management including dialysis, transfusions, pharmacologic agents, surgical intervention, and reinitiation of anticoagulation. We also assessed length of intensive care unit and hospital stay, mor...
Source: Current Emergency and Hospital Medicine Reports - June 13, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research