Anaes Vivas · Perioperative medicine
Anticoagulation and neuraxial/regional anaesthesia — viva
Structured oral examination station for anticoagulation-neuraxial-regional.
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Prompt
Drug chart: enoxaparin 1 mg/kg BD, last dose 14 h ago; patient wants spinal for TKR.
Opening
Therapeutic vs prophylactic LMWH distinction.[1]
References3ShowHide
- [1]Horlocker TT et al. Regional Anesthesia in the Patient Receiving Antithrombotic or Thrombolytic Therapy: American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Evidence-Based Guidelines (Fourth Edition). Reg Anesth Pain Med, 2018.PMID 29561531
- [2]Kopp SL, Vandermeulen E, McBane RD, et al. Regional anesthesia in the patient receiving antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy: American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Evidence-Based Guidelines (fifth edition). Reg Anesth Pain Med, 2025.PMID 39880411
- [3]Cook TM et al. Major complications of central neuraxial block: report on the Third National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Br J Anaesth, 2009.PMID 19139027