Patient on Anti-coagulation

Question 1

What are some anti-coagulant drugs

Answer 1

Vitamin K injections

DOACs (direct oral anticoagulants)

low molecular weight heparin (LMWH)

warfarin

Question 2

example of DOACs

Answer 2

dabigatran (Pradaxa)

rivaroxaban (Xarelto)

apixaban (Eliquis)

edoxaban (Savaysa)

betrixaban (Bevyxxa)

Question 3

example of LMWHs

Answer 3

dalteparin sodium,

enoxaparin sodium,

tinzaparin sodium

Question 4

when will a patient be put on anticoagulation therapy

Answer 4

for treatment and prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism, deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

It is also used for prophylaxis of cardiac thromboembolism in patients with atrial arrthymias and mechanical heart valves

Question 5

difference between antiplatelet therapy and anticoagulation therapy

Answer 5

Anticoagulants, such as heparin or warfarin (also called Coumadin), slow down your body’s process of making clots.

Antiplatelets, such as aspirin and clopidogrel, prevent blood cells called platelets from clumping together to form a clot. Antiplatelets are mainly taken by people who have had a heart attack or stroke

Question 6

what to look out for when monitoring a patient on anticoagulation

Answer 6

prothrombin time (PT) and the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)