Proud of #PHRI investigator Raed Joundi who has been selected for the 2024 Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award at the American Heart Association's #ISC24 !

Congratulations on this awesome achievement! 🎉
McMaster Health Sciences McMaster University Department of Medicine

1/ So now it's the cataclysmic TTM -2 trial, just published in NEJM. How can a world changing trial like HACA published in 2002 now be effectively reversed almost 20 years later? I will explain.

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Fentanyl mixed with xylazine, an animal sedative, is an emerging threat to the U.S. due to its increasing presence in the illicit drug supply. #Xylazine can be life-threatening, especially when combined with #fentanyl . Learn more about this issue: bit.ly/42x5gii

Dr. Bill Dager is a fixture in our world - so grateful that he makes himself so available to fellow practitioners to share his vast knowledge!
#ACForum23

Have anticoagulants failed your patient? Dr Anita Rajasekhar asks us to think about underdosing - sometimes unintentional, sometimes intentional (in the often misguided belief that we can achieve similar efficacy while “sparing” bleeding). #ACForum23

Very excellent discussion!

This slide on bridging DOACs is giving me life, BishoyRagheb_PharmD! Sounds cool, looks cool, but as useful as… doing CrossFit… in the woods… while being punched… in the vicinity of a bear. (Don’t do it.) #ACForum23

Is a combined oral contraceptive pill REALLY the provoking factor for a #VTE event? Ask when the OCP was started. If recently, probably a key provoking factor. If >12 mo prior, consider other factors that may be contributing to VTE risk. Great advice from Dr Vazquez @ACForum23

Our dream team tackles rapid-fire questions as we round out day two of an amazing IN-PERSON meeting!

Thank you to all who have joined, supported & planned this event. Tomorrow it's Crazy Clotting & Presidents' Panel with an expert breakfast to start the day!
#ACForum23

⁦Geoff Barnes⁩ shows us that not all LV thrombus are the same! #acforum2023 . ⁦Anticoagulation Forum⁩

Are you making the diagnosis of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome? The criteria are being updated. Note the importance of looking at both clinical features AND labs. But it’s not just any APS lab that matters. Know which test and what level. #ACForum23

How is Lupus Anticoagulant testing performed? Key pearls from Dr Garcia that helps us understand how thrombosis and #cvCoag drug use impacts the testing. #ACForum23

My good friend BishoyRagheb_PharmD discusses the the complexities of periprocedural guidelines beyond the bolder Recs. #ACForum23 Anticoagulation Forum

It's a full house for Dr. Sara Vazquez as she presents on Women's Health - such an important topic with so many nuances! #ACForum23

Can you give DVT prophylaxis in a patient with intracranial bleed? A nice review article from neurosurg experts says YES! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30223969/ #ACForum23

How do we achieve this goal? Follow the highly successful pathway of antimicrobial stewardship. We now have pharmacy PGY2 training approved by ASHP and have published the core elements and playbook. More to come! acforum.org/web/education-… Anticoagulation Forum #ACForum2023

.allison burnett highlights the WHY for anticoagulation stewardship

Why is Anticoag Stewardship needed? These life-saving drugs are also the #1 cause of adverse drug events in US ED’s! Join Anticoagulation Forum as we develop stewardship programs and advocate to CMSGov and The Joint Commission to facilitate these programs in every health system. #ACForum2023

Meanwhile in Russia: a rare moment of sanity on Russian state TV, when one panelist was finally fed up with Vladimir Solovyov's threats to wipe Kyiv or Kharkiv off the face of the earth.