NORMALIZATION OF ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME CORRELATES WITH LOW LEVELS OF DABIGATRAN IN A PATIENT WITH SEVERE SEPSIS

Normalization of Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Correlates with Low Levels of Dabigatran in a Patient with Severe Sepsis

The oral anticoagulant dabigatran etexilate can be a challenge when patients need acute surgery.Sepsis and acute renal failure exacerbate the anticoagulant effect.There is no specific reversal agent for dabigatran etexilate, but it can be removed by hemodialysis.We present a case where a patient treated gewehr 91 with dabigatran etexilate was admit

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