Reco Thromboses AP-HP

AP-HP recommendations to ensure the proper use of antithrombotic

To ensure the proper use of antithrombotic the Commission of Medicines and Medical Devices of the AP-HP (COMEDIMS) wanted to facilitate the provision of these recommendations on the proper use of antithrombotic by a smartphone application for professionals health have at hand vital information on these drugs.

Antithrombotics, including oral anticoagulants, belong to the class of drugs causing the leading cause of serious adverse effects and the leading cause of hospitalization for adverse events (ANSM Anticoagulants France in 2014. Places states, synthesis and surveillance. April 2014). They are the source of bleeding can be very severe, sometimes fatal, facing regular health professionals. These situations can be avoided by strictly adhering to good use recommendations that can be quite complex in the prescribed medication. The proper use of these drugs should help to treat and prevent effectively the thromboembolic events and minimize the risk of bleeding.

With the "Reco Thrombosis" application learn about the physiology and antithrombotics, on the assumption by antithombotiques cardiovascular disease, disease venous thromboembolism. Know how to act in the elderly, patients with renal insufficiency, in extreme weight in pregnant women, in cases of iatrogenic injury or surgery. Know what information supplied in the framework of the Therapeutic Education of patients under oral anticoagulation.

These "Reco thrombosis" were developed at the initiative of the group "thrombosis" Centre Universitaire Paris Hospital Group (Cochin - Hotel Dieu - Broca) and COMEDIMS AP-HP. They were written by specialists in the field and have been validated by COMEDIMS AP-HP. The graphic and editorial design was done by the scientific secretariat of the Service COMEDIMS Pharmaceutical Assessment and Proper Use of AGEPS (General Agency equipment and health products). IT developments have been made by the team WIND ISD AP-HP.