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Haematological cancers and clotting

A practice question in the style of the PLAB 1 exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.

A patient on dabigatran has a life-threatening bleed. What specific reversal agent can be used?

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The answer is E: Idarucizumab.

Idarucizumab is a specific antibody fragment that reverses dabigatran.

This question comes from Week 5 of PLAB Vault: Kidneys, fluids and blood. That week has 124 more exam-style questions like it, 5 short lessons and 154 flashcards. The course starts free with Week 1 and reaches this topic in week 5, as part of a four-month plan with full mock exams along the way.

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