Bleeding Disorders in the Equine Patient: A Clinical Pharmacology Approach

Presentation Description / Summary: This presentation will offer a comprehensive review of coagulation physiology, traditional coagulations assays and viscoelastic testing focusing on the available literature in large animal species. This presentation will also review the most common bleeding disorders described in horses, offering clinical examples and treatment options, including medications available for different cases/ disease. For each medication we will review its mechanism of action, focusing on the data available for large animals (if any). Comparisons will be made with the gold standard treatments reported in human medicine, offering input for further research in large animals.

Learner Outcomes: At the end of this presentation the learner will be able to: - decide what test should be perform to assess coagulation in large animals - understand principles behind TEG and how to run this test - recognize and treat the most common bleeding disorders in horses - be up to date with the most recent research about medications for bleeding disorders in horses