Evaluation and treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients taking anticoagulants presenting to the emergency department

Abstract

Abstract This manuscript is a consensus document of an expert panel on the Evaluation and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients Taking Anticoagulants Presenting to the Emergency Department, sponsored by the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Keywords

• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Reversal of oral anticoagulant bleeding
• Direct oral anticoagulants
• Life threatening bleeding
• Factor Xa inhibitors