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Emicizumab for the Treatment of Acquired Hemophilia_A: Lessons Learned from 4 Very Different Cases
In conclusion, emiczumab seems to be an effective hemostatic therapy also for AHA, which offers several advantages: subcutaneous weekly therapy, good hemostatic efficacy, possible outpatient therapy, the option to reduce the intensity of immunosuppressive therapy to avoid side effects (as the patients are protected from bleeding), and seems even to be more cost effective than bypassing agents. However, special attention is necessary on the use of appropriate lab assays (chromogenic FVIII assays), the artificial effects on APTT and Bethesda assays, the recognition of the remission, and to avoid the concomitant use of APCC. ...
Source: Blood - November 21, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Knoebl, P., Sperr, W. R., Schellongowski, P., Staudinger, T., Jilma-Stohlawetz, P., Quehenberger, P., Koder, S., Ay, C., Gleixner, K. V. Tags: 322. Disorders of Coagulation or Fibrinolysis: Poster II Source Type: research

Organ-specific bleeding patterns of anticoagulant therapy: lessons from clinical trials.
Abstract Anticoagulants are effective at preventing and treating thrombosis, but can cause bleeding. For decades, vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) have been the only available oral anticoagulants. The development of non-VKA oral anticoagulants (NOACs), which inhibit either factor Xa or thrombin stoichiometrically, has provided alternatives to VKAs for several indications. The results of recent large-scale randomised controlled trials comparing NOACs with VKAs for the prevention of stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) have produced some unexpected results. As a group, NOACs showed similar effic...
Source: Thrombosis and Haemostasis - September 4, 2014 Category: Hematology Authors: Vanassche T, Hirsh J, Eikelboom JW, Ginsberg JS Tags: Thromb Haemost Source Type: research