Reversal Strategies for Intracranial Hemorrhage Related to Direct Oral Anticoagulant Medications

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are a new class of anticoagulants that directly inhibit either thrombin or factor Xa in the coagulation cascade. They are being increasingly used instead of warfarin or other vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). Adverse side effects of DOACs may result in hemorrhagic comp...

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Main Authors: Alok Dabi, Aristides P. Koutrouvelis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Critical Care Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4907164