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no retreat, no reversal…

August 29, 2013 By Christopher Partyka Leave a Comment

the case.

a 79 year old female returns to ED with left sided chest pain & dyspnoea. She was recently admitted following a fall with rib fractures (including a flail segment) and a small haemothorax. [Read more…]

Filed Under: #FOAM, Evidence, Interesting, Surgery, Trauma Tagged With: aPTT, bleeding, dabigatran, dabigatran reversal, direct thrombin inhibitor, Factor VII, FEIBA, haemorrhage, haemothorax, thrombin time

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