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Brief Review: Regional Anesthesia For Vaso-Occlusive Pain Crises, Oluwatomi Alade
Brief Review: Regional Anesthesia For Vaso-Occlusive Pain Crises, Oluwatomi Alade
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
Vaso-occlusive pain crisis occurs with obstruction of blood vessels from sickled red blood cells. This results in ischemic injury causing in pain. Acute vasoocclusive pain crisis is one of the most common reasons for patients with sickle cell disease to present to the hospital for medical attention. Acute treatment involves IV opioid therapy, non-opioid therapy, and IV hydration. There is a known lack of trust between a patient in acute pain and a provider in the emergency department (ED) and hospital secondary to stereotypes regarding pain seeking behavior. Here we discuss a case of vasoocclusive pain crisis refractory to opioid …
Stroke In Hfref Without Atrial Fibrillation And Concurrent Protein S Deficiency: What Is The Best Treatment?, Rohan Umrani, Trinava Roy, Bhavana Kadiyala, Yvette Wang
Stroke In Hfref Without Atrial Fibrillation And Concurrent Protein S Deficiency: What Is The Best Treatment?, Rohan Umrani, Trinava Roy, Bhavana Kadiyala, Yvette Wang
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
Hypercoagulable disorders are often the culprit for repeated strokes in young patients, with or without other comorbidities
Medications typically used for stroke prophylaxis:
- Warfarin
- Aspirin
- Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs)
Warfarin is the preferred method of anticoagulation for stroke prophylaxis in patients with hypercoagulable disorders
A deficiency of protein S increases the risk of pro coagulation due to a relative deficiency of anticoagulants.
Patients with protein S deficiency tend to have recurrent venous thromboses and pulmonary emboli