Why Do You Build Me Up Just to Let Me Down? Testing to Diagnose Coagulopathy and Prevent VTE in Trauma Patients

Bonus CE Session

CE: 0.5

Bonus CE Session Moderator(s)

Brian Gilbert, BCCCP, BCPS, MBA (he/him/his)

Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Wesley Healthcare Center
Wichita, Kansas

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Candice Preslaski, BCCCP, PharmD

Surgical Critical Care Specialist
Denver Health
Denver, CO

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Trauma-related hemorrhage remains one of the world’s leading causes of death. Resuscitation often manages coagulopathy empirically, is nonspecific, and does not correct a preexisting coagulopathy. Advances in our understanding of trauma-induced coagulopathy and new approaches to resuscitation have led to large improvements in outcomes. Viscoelastic assays, such as thrombelastography and rotational thrombelastometry, have emerged as point-of-care tools that can guide the hemostatic resuscitation of bleeding trauma patients. These tools may not be familiar to all trauma practitioners. This session will cover unique advances in trauma care, including viscoelastic assays to diagnose hemostatic deficiencies and guide coagulation support, platelet function tests to help tailor hemostatic support, and optimization of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in trauma patients.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the role of thromboelastography and rotational thromboelastometry in diagnosing trauma-induced coagulopathy
Evaluate the utility of platelet function assays in trauma-induced coagulopathy
Assess the use of anti-Xa monitoring for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in trauma patients

Presentations:

TEG, You’re It!
Bonus CE Session Faculty: Mitchell Daley, BCCCP, PharmD, FCCM – Seton Family Healthcare, University of Texas
Hooray for Anti-Xa! Optimization of VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma
Bonus CE Session Faculty: Molly E. Droege, PharmD – UC Health/University of Cincinnati Medical Center