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Table 1 Reasons for emergency anticoagulant reversal

From: Bench-to-bedside review: Optimising emergency reversal of vitamin K antagonists in severe haemorrhage – from theory to practice

Severity of haemorrhage

   Shock

   Need for red blood cell transfusion

Haemorrhage localisation

   Brain

   Gastrointestinal tract

   Deep muscles

   Retro-ocular bleeds

   Joints (functional prognosis)

Need for urgent surgery

   Ischaemic surgical events

   Septic shock

   Treatment of open fractures

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