The new oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are skyrocketing in popularity, displacing warfarin as first-line anticoagulants for many patients. You know you need to reverse her anticoagulation, but how? After paging your neurosurgeon on call, you consider your options for reversal of anticoagulation.
The CT shows an intraparenchymal hemorrhage. The patient is somnolent, and after quickly securing her airway, you send her for a stat head CT. Her past medical history is significant for hypertension and atrial fibrillation, for which she takes atenolol and dabigatran (Pradaxa). Here’s what you need to know about this target-specific reversal agent for Dabigatran.Ī 67-year-old woman is brought in by EMS after she developed a severe headache at home with associated vomiting and altered mental status.
New oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are skyrocketing in popularity.
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