Coumarins belong to drugs widely used and the spectrum of their use is going to grow. From this point of view and/or because the coumarins are adminstrated in patients who are treated for the other diseases--medical or surgical--at the same time, it is necessary to modify, interrupt or replace peroral anticoagulant treatment in the dependence on various aspects. It requires to compound different algorithms for given situations solution. It is always to decide, if the situation is imperative from the view of solution planed, what risk brings proposed treatment and what is the risk of anticoagulant treatment modification.
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Telemed J E Health
January 2025
Medical Department, Medical Sciences and Life School, Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) burden is strongly associated with an increased risk of stroke, which, in most cases, can be prevented through earlier detection of AF and the timely initiation of anticoagulation therapy. Smartphone devices can provide a simple, non-invasive, cost-effective early AF detection solution. PubMed, Embase, and Scopus databases were searched for studies comparing smartphone-based photoplethysmography (PPG) with standard electrocardiogram for AF detection.
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January 2025
Pediatric Nephrology Services, Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, 605006, India.
Background: Information on the clinical characteristics and outcomes of children undergoing continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) from lower-middle-income countries (LMIC) is limited.
Methods: Records of consecutive children 1 month to 18 years of age who underwent CKRT from Jan 2016 to Jan 2024 in a tertiary care pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed for clinical and machine-related characteristics, and outcomes.
Results: Over the 8-year period, 102 patients (61.
J Obstet Gynaecol Res
February 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Aim: The purpose of this study is to clarify the frequencies of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) ± fibrinogen concentrate administration (fibrinogen concentrate [FC] therapy) and antithrombin (AT) concentrate administration (AT therapy) for the women with obstetrical disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
Methods: Two retrospective multicenter case-control studies as Study-1 (January-December 2018) and Study-2 (July 2022-June 2023) were conducted. Study-1 was the historical control of Study-2.
Nephrology (Carlton)
February 2025
Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Rheumatology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan.
A 73-year-old Japanese man with chronic kidney disease had no history of abnormal clotting or bleeding. Six days after receiving his third dose of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine (BNT162b2; Pfizer/BioNTech), blood tests showed a marked prolongation of the prothrombin time-international normalised ratio and activated partial thromboplastin time, as well as a decrease in factor V (FV) activity. Three months later, he required dialysis owing to worsening heart and renal failure.
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January 2025
Department of Hematology, Coagulation Disorders Unit, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Convalescent plasma (CP) therapy for COVID-19 infection may have favorable safety but varying efficacy, with concerns about its procoagulant impact. We investigated whether administration of CP to hospitalized patients affects their coagulation profile. Fifty-four patients randomized in a double-blinded fashion received either placebo, low-titer CP (LCP) or high-titer CP (HCP).
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