Bet on Red: New Challenges and Therapies for Bleeding

Tuesday, December 4, 2012
9:30 am – 11:00 am

Activity #: 204-000-12-251-L01P
Level of Content: Advanced
1.50 Contact Hours / Application-based
Program Chair: Asad E. Patanwala, PharmD, BCPS

Learning Objectives:

• Recommend strategies for the reversal of oral anticoagulants such as direct thrombin inhibitors and factor Xa inhibitors.
• Develop a plan for bleeding cessation due to traumatic hemorrhage and in the perioperative setting.
• Evaluate dosing considerations for factor products such as prothrombin complex concentrate and factor VIIa.