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Vitamin K Antagonists: Beyond Bleeding
Abstract Warfarin is the most widely used oral anticoagulant in clinical use today. Indications range from prosthetic valve replacement to recurrent thromboembolic events due to antiphospholipid syndrome. In hemodialysis (HD) patients, warfarin use is even more frequent than in the nonrenal population due to increased cardiovascular comorbidities. The use of warfarin in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation requires particular caution because side effects may outweigh the assumed benefit of reduced stroke rates. Besides increased bleeding risk, coumarins exert side effects which are not in the focus of clinical routin...
Source: Seminars In Dialysis - January 9, 2014 Category: Hematology Authors: Thilo Krüger, Jürgen Floege Tags: Review Source Type: research

Association of blood pressure with all‐cause mortality and stroke in Japanese hemodialysis patients: The Japan dialysis outcomes and practice pattern study
Abstract The association of low blood pressure (BP) with high mortality is a characteristic for hemodialysis patients. This analysis clarifies the association of BP with mortality and stroke in Japanese hemodialysis (HD) patients and examines the association separately for patients with and without antihypertensive medication (BP meds). We analyzed 9134 patients from Japan in phases 1–4 (1999–2011) of the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS), a prospective cohort study of in‐center HD patients. The association of patient systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure with all‐cause and cause‐s...
Source: Hemodialysis International - January 1, 2014 Category: Hematology Authors: Masaaki Inaba, Angelo Karaboyas, Takashi Akiba, Tadao Akizawa, Akira Saito, Shunichi Fukuhara, Christian Combe, Bruce M. Robinson Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Prospective clinical trial on dosage optimizing of tranexamic acid in non-emergency cardiac surgery procedures.
CONCLUSION: Use of 1 g TxA is safe and sufficient for elective patients with on pump cardiac surgery and thus has been established as strategy of choice in our center. PMID: 24113504 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation - October 10, 2013 Category: Hematology Authors: Waldow T, Szlapka M, Haferkorn M, Bürger L, Plötze K, Matschke K Tags: Clin Hemorheol Microcirc Source Type: research

Cardiovascular mortality due to pulmonary embolism in subjects with renal impairment: patients’ comorbidities are crucial
Abstract we read with great interest the paper by Ocak et al. (1). The authors found that the age‐ and sex‐standardized mortality rate (SMR) for pulmonary embolism (PE) was 12.2 (95% CI 10.2‐14.6) times higher in dialysis patients than in the general population. Such SMR was even higher than that of myocardial infarction (MI) (11.0, 95% CI 10.6‐11.4), stroke (8.4 (95% CI 8.0‐8.8), and other cardiovascular disease (8.3, 95% CI 8.0‐8.5) On the one hand, the association between the different grade of impaired renal function and MI received important confirmation (2), and also a recent study from our group conducte...
Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - April 4, 2013 Category: Hematology Authors: Fabio Fabbian, Francesco Dentali, Walter Ageno, Roberto Manfredini Tags: Letter Rebuttal Source Type: research

Blood Pressure Recordings During Hemodialysis Access Interventions: Implications for Acute Management
Abstract A retrospective study evaluating the pattern of blood pressure and its related complications before, during, and after percutaneous hemodialysis interventions was performed in patients presenting with asymptomatic hypertension. Hemodialysis patients undergoing percutaneous interventions including tunneled hemodialysis catheter insertion, percutaneous balloon angioplasty and thrombectomy procedure, and stage II hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥160 mmHg) were included in this analysis. Blood pressure medications were not used while midazolam and fentanyl were routinely administered. Patients were followed f...
Source: Seminars In Dialysis - March 28, 2013 Category: Hematology Authors: Arif Asif, Hector Castro, Ahmed Ameen Waheed, Vishesh Kumar, Syed S Haqqie, Gary Siskin, Roy O Mathew, Darius Mason, Tushar Vachharajani, Ali Nayer, Donna Merrill, Muhammad UT Akmal, Loay Salman Tags: Investigation Source Type: research

Seek and You Shall Find—But Then What Do You Do? Cold Agglutinins in Cardiopulmonary Bypass and a Single-Center Experience With Cold Agglutinin Screening Before Cardiac Surgery
Abstract: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during cardiac surgery can involve deliberate hypothermia of the systemic (22-36°C) and coronary circulations (as low as 8-12°C). Adverse sequelae of cold-active antibodies have been feared and reported under such conditions, and some centers thus elect to screen for cold agglutinins before CPB. We reviewed the literature on cold agglutinins in cardiac surgery and described the yields and effects of cold agglutinin screening (CAS) in 14900 cardiac surgery patients undergoing CPB over 8 years at a single institution. Cold agglutinin screening was positive in 47 cases (0.3%), at an an...
Source: Transfusion Medicine Reviews - February 4, 2013 Category: Hematology Authors: Michael D. Jain, Rosa Cabrerizo-Sanchez, Keyvan Karkouti, Terrence Yau, Jacob M. Pendergrast, Christine M. Cserti-Gazdewich Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

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