Validation of a whole blood coagulometer sensitive to the direct oral anticoagulants.

Readily available and rapid turn-around, bedside assays to measure the effect of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are not available. This study evaluates a point-of-care (PoC) coagulometer to assess the anticoagulant effects of the DOACs and low molecular weight heparin. Studies were done in fresh spiked blood from healthy volunteers.