Credit: Octapharma. Balfaxar is a human plasma-derived, purified, virus inactivated and nanofiltered non-activated prothrombin complex concentrate. Balfaxar ® (prothrombin complex concentrate, ...

Hello. This is Dr. Sam Goldhaber from the Clotblog at theheart.org, speaking to you from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School on the important topic of 4-factor prothrombin complex ...

KCENTRA (prothrombin complex concentrate [human]) 500 Units Kcentra (CSL Behring) has been approved by the FDA for warfarin reversal during acute major bleeding. Kcentra does not require blood group ...

WASHINGTON — Prothrombin complex concentrates (PCCs) are faster and more effective than fresh frozen plasma at reversing hemorrhage caused by the anti-coagulant warfarin, despite plasma being the most ...

Patient Eilleen Corrigin has blood drawn at an anti-coagulation clinic at the Staten Island University Hospital in Staten Island, New York in this May 7, 2012, file photo. REUTERS/Allison Joyce/Files ...

Despite available guidelines, many questions remain about the best agent and dose for the urgent reversal of coagulopathy, the time window for efficacy and how long to optimally maintained a normal ...

Lin and Callum recommend 10 mg of vitamin K to reverse warfarin anticoagulation in emergencies.1 However, a dose this high may not be required for all “emergent” situations. It is important to ...

Warfarin is an anticoagulant medication that doctors prescribe to reduce the risk of blood clots, which may cause vein blockages, heart attack, and stroke. Blood clotting is useful for stopping ...

A new, large, real-world study has provided some reassurance about the consequences of suffering an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) while receiving one of the new oral anticoagulant (NOAC) drugs. "In ...

Warfarin has long been the mainstay of anticoagulation therapy in atrial fibrillation. However, dabigatran etexilate (a new oral direct thrombin inhibitor) has recently been reported to have a similar ...

Prothrombin complex concentrates (PCCs) are faster and more effective than fresh frozen plasma at reversing hemorrhage caused by the anti-coagulant warfarin, despite plasma being the most commonly ...