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Hematology
One-Hour Concurrent Session

All Bleeding Stops Eventually: A Review of Normal and Abnormal Coagulation

Sunday, January 21, 2024
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MT
Location: North-122
CE: 1.0

    Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

  • Ryan Maves, MD, FCCM

    Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology
    Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Winston Salem, North Carolina

Regulated homeostatic hemostasis requires a fragile balance of procoagulants and anticoagulants, mostly maintained by negative feedback inhibition. When dysregulation results, whether due to illness, trauma or therapy, bleeding can result, with potentially dire consequences. Blood shortages remain an ongoing crisis in the United States, and both prevention and treatment strategies are of the utmost importance. Presenters will discuss different cases to encourage group discussion while working through optimal treatment strategies.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize normal hemostasis and abnormalities in coagulation
  • Review the role of key laboratory tests and interpret them to optimize product repletion
  • Recognize limitations in current guidelines while optimizing patient safety
  • Differentiate between classical and functional tests of hemostasis and determine when to order which test

Presentations:

  • A Review of Normal and Abnormal Hemostasis
  • Management of Bleeding due to Anticoagulants
  • Bleeding Management in Postoperative Surgical Patients