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. 2020 Sep 15;9(9):2984. doi: 10.3390/jcm9092984

Table 7.

Management of bleeding in patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants [6,82,83,85,86,87].

General Measures Confirm DOAC intake history, the timing of the last dose, check for concomitant medicine, particularly antiplatelet drugs, assess for hemodynamic compromise, check the renal function, and oral activated charcoal (if the last dose within prior two hours)
Minor Bleeding Stop therapy, local hemostatic measures, supportive care, and monitoring
Moderate Bleeding All of the above and fluid resuscitation, blood transfusion, consider fresh frozen plasma transfusion, and consider hemodialysis for dabigatran
Major Bleeding All of the above; consider massive transfusion protocol with packed red blood cells, platelets, fresh frozen plasma, and other procedures/surgeries to achieve hemostasis
Specific antidotes Dabigatran–Idarazcizumab
Xa inhibitors (Apixaban, Rivaroxaban, Edoxaban)–Andexant alfa
Non-specific reversal agents: 4 Prothrombin complex concentrates (PCC) [Factors II, VII, IX, and X], Tranexamic acid, epsilon- aminocaproic acid, Desmopressin
Future antidotes FXa(116L) for both factor Xa as well as direct thrombin inhibitors
PER977 (Arapazine/Chiraparantag) for factor Xa inhibitors