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@MayoClinicGIHep Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellow. Yale Internal Medicine, Dartmouth Med. Microbiome, probiotics, brain-gut, diet, motility, IBD, MedEd 🇬🇷

Oct 23, 2022, 11 tweets

Anticoagulants and antiplatelets during GI bleed🩸with the 👸 of #CardioGI herself, @NeenaSAbrahamMD!

#MedTwitter #GITwitter #ACG2022 #hematology #hemetwitter

Regardless of cardiovascular indication for AC/AP, GIB risk ⬆️ with AGE

⚠️Disparities in AC/AP prescribing: black, Hispanic, and women are ⬇️ likely to be appropriately prescribed

High mortality risk with GIB on AC/AP

⭐️AC management with GIB: it starts with recognizing SEVERITY of 🩸, because these may benefit from reversal agent

🚨Recognizing life-threatening hemorrhage

Warfarin reversal: PCC 🥇

❌Vitamin K (too slow)

When to restart warfarin? "The heart ALWAYS wins." 🫀Usually 4-7 days ok (low thrombotic risk)

Not much use for DOAC reversal agents, but *maybe* a role for PCC

When to restart DOAC? Not much data, but day after procedure seems safe in most (remember SHORT half life, so don't want to hold more than 48-72h!)

Antiplatelet management in GIB

❌platelet transfusion (⬆️ mortality) UNLESS thrombocytopenic

❌stop aspirin for secondary prophylaxis

@NeenaSAbrahamMD summary on management of anticoagulation and antiplatelets during GI bleed 🩸

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