Pulmonology

Anticoagulation

Questions discussed in this category

Would you restart prophylactic anticoagulation in a patient with a history of unprovoked PE who received short term anticoagulation with a prior physician?

E.g. low dose DOAC

1 Answer available

When can abdominal surgery be safely performed for presumptive ovarian cancer in a patient with recent pulmonary emboli?

(Normal oxygenation and echo)

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Blood Adv,

American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

CMAJ,

Identifying unprovoked thromboembolism patients at low risk for recurrence who can discontinue anticoagulant therapy.

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