Enoxaparin is associated with lower rates of mortality than unfractionated Heparin in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

EClinical Medicine
Analysis of 607 of 1113 records in Mayo Clinic Electronic Health Record database found that COVID-19 patients administered unfractionated heparin but not enoxaparin had higher rates of 28-day mortality (risk ratio: 4.3; 95% CI; 1.8-10.2).

Epistaxis

New England Journal of Medicine
Review covers vasoconstrictors, tranexamic acid, cauterisation, anterior nasal packing, resorbable/non-resorbable packing, salvage bleeding control, posterior packing, ligation & endovascular embolisation, patients on anticoagulant and antiplatelets, and patient education.

European PRAC starts review of signal of thrombocytopenia with Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines

European Medicines Agency
Several cases of immune thrombocytopenia, an adverse event of special interest, were reported in the EudraVigilance database. The PRAC will carry out an in-depth review of all the available data for these three vaccines, to decide if a causal relationship is confirmed or not.

World Health Organisation’s global advisory committee on vaccine safety reviewing AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

Reuters Health
A World Health Organization expert advisory committee is currently looking at AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after some countries suspended its use, following reports of the formation of blood clots in some people who have been vaccinated.

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