Impact of Obesity on Warfarin Reversal With Fixed-Dose Factor VIII Inhibitor Bypassing Activity (aPCC). 2021

Amanda L McKinney, and Lindsey M Dailey, and James C McMillen, and A Shaun Rowe
The University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN, USA.

Data are limited addressing anticoagulant reversal in obese patients using activated prothrombin complex concentrate (aPCC). Assess the impact of obesity on INR reversal with fixed aPCC dosing. Institutional review board-approved, retrospective cohort conducted in a large academic medical center. Patients 18 years or older who received fixed-dose aPCC for warfarin-associated hemorrhage were included. Patients who received aPCC for any other indications or who had no follow-up INR after aPCC administration were excluded. Patients with an INR of 5 or greater received 1000 units aPCC, whereas those with INR less than 5 received 500 units aPCC, per institutional protocol. Patients were stratified into obese and nonobese based on body mass index. Primary end point was INR reversal, defined as repeat INR of 1.4 or less within 4 hours following aPCC treatment, without a repeated dose. Secondary end points included percentage change in INR, proportion of patients requiring an additional dose of aPCC, bleeding complications, thrombotic complications, hospital length of stay, and in-hospital mortality. 259 patients were included, of whom 83 were obese (32%). A significantly higher proportion of nonobese patients achieved an INR of 1.4 or less within 4 hours of treatment (169 [96.02%] vs 69 [83.13%]; P = 0.0004). There were no differences in any secondary end points. When fixed-dose aPCC is used for warfarin reversal, obesity is associated with a significantly lower rate of INR reversal, without increased bleeding. This study adds to the limited amount of literature on aPCC dosing in obesity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009765 Obesity A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the recommended standards, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).
D001779 Blood Coagulation Factors Endogenous substances, usually proteins, that are involved in the blood coagulation process. Clotting Factor,Coagulation Factors,Blood Coagulation Factor,Clotting Factors,Coagulation Factor,Coagulation Factor, Blood,Coagulation Factors, Blood,Factor, Coagulation,Factors, Coagulation,Factor, Blood Coagulation,Factor, Clotting,Factors, Blood Coagulation,Factors, Clotting
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000925 Anticoagulants Agents that prevent BLOOD CLOTTING. Anticoagulant Agent,Anticoagulant Drug,Anticoagulant,Anticoagulant Agents,Anticoagulant Drugs,Anticoagulation Agents,Indirect Thrombin Inhibitors,Agent, Anticoagulant,Agents, Anticoagulant,Agents, Anticoagulation,Drug, Anticoagulant,Drugs, Anticoagulant,Inhibitors, Indirect Thrombin,Thrombin Inhibitors, Indirect
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D014859 Warfarin An anticoagulant that acts by inhibiting the synthesis of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors. Warfarin is indicated for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of venous thrombosis and its extension, pulmonary embolism, and atrial fibrillation with embolization. It is also used as an adjunct in the prophylaxis of systemic embolism after myocardial infarction. Warfarin is also used as a rodenticide. 4-Hydroxy-3-(3-oxo-1-phenylbutyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one,Aldocumar,Apo-Warfarin,Coumadin,Coumadine,Gen-Warfarin,Marevan,Tedicumar,Warfant,Warfarin Potassium,Warfarin Sodium,Potassium, Warfarin,Sodium, Warfarin
D019934 International Normalized Ratio System established by the World Health Organization and the International Committee on Thrombosis and Hemostasis for monitoring and reporting blood coagulation tests. Under this system, results are standardized using the International Sensitivity Index for the particular test reagent/instrument combination used. INR,International Normalized Ratios,Normalized Ratio, International,Normalized Ratios, International,Ratio, International Normalized,Ratios, International Normalized

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