Venous thromboembolism (VTE) are blood clots in veins. They commonly occur in deep veins, where if they detach and flow to the lungs, can cause life-threatening pulmonary embolisms. Patients with VTEs are typically given blood-thinning medications such as low-molecular-weight heparin to resolve the blood clots.
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The International Council for Standardization in Haematology (ICSH) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing open-access guidance documents to enhance the quality of laboratory tes...
APR 22, 2020 | 8:00 AM
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Rapid access to high quality comprehensive coagulation test results is critical to patient care. In an environment where clinical laboratories constantly experience price and labor pressure,...
APR 20, 2020 | 8:00 AM
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This talk will cover different approaches to emergency hemostasis testing for patients that are actively bleeding due to trauma, surgery, obstetrical emergencies and other causes. The talk i...
FEB 05, 2020 | 8:00 AM
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The compendium of newly emerging and currently available hemophilia and anticoagulant treatments, while offering new choices for improved patient care, can create significant levels of inter...
APR 26, 2019 | 12:00 AM
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D-dimer is used in the clinical evaluation of suspected venous thromboembolism (VTE). Newer measurement methods show high sensitivity for this test, and in combination with pretest probabilit...
APR 22, 2019 | 12:00 AM
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ABSTRACT Learning objectives: Highlight recent clinical trials describing use of DOACs Demonstrate if (ever) one needs to monitor DOACS Review best practice with respec...
JAN 15, 2019 | 8:00 AM
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Learning objectives: Describe the responsibility of the laboratory during the validation process of new instrumentation. Distinguish between validation and verification of laboratory...