The Anticoagulated trauma patient in the age of the direct oral anticoagulants: a Canadian perspective

Table 3 Blood product & coagulation assays for orally anticoagulated trauma patients

	Warfarin	DOACs	Dabigatran	Anti Xa inhibitors	p-value
Trauma bay pRBC transfusion %	7.3%	10.7%	-	-	0.6
Total pRBC transfusion	0.82 units	1.1 units	-	-	0.72
TXA administration	9.1%	32.1%	-	-	0.01
PCC administration	60%	18.5%	-	-	0.05
INR >1.5	66.6%	-	-	33.3%	-
aPTT >35 s	-	-	54.5%	-	-

pRBC packed red blood cells. TXA tranexamic acid. PCC prothrombin complex concentrates. INR international normalized ratio. PTT activated partial thromboplastin time

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