Heparin was the only drug accepted by all members of our trauma committee when this protocol was developed; before this time, different drugs were used with different standard doses at the discretion ...

Purpose. The performance of a weight-based dosing protocol for unfractionated heparin (UFH) infusions using antifactor Xa monitoring was evaluated. Methods. The first 50 patients to receive a UFH ...

Introduction: Appropriate dosing of anticoagulation during carotid angioplasty and stenting remains unstudied. Although 70 units /kg is a commonly used dose, in patients with acute stroke, this dose ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67(5):371-374. The true success of any heparin dosing protocol would not be the amount of infusion adjustments or time to achieve a target level but rather its ability to ...

Correspondence to Dr Fadi Nahab, Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA; fnahab{at}emory.edu Background The use of periprocedural ...

Heparin was the first anticoagulant agent to be discovered and isolated for medical use, and is one of the oldest drugs still to be in widespread clinical use. Indeed, heparin remains on the WHO Model ...

Objectives To investigate the accuracy, reproducibility and costs of different laboratory assays for the monitoring of unfractionated heparin (UFH) in clinical practice and to study test utilisation ...

Background The evidence for benefits of bivalirudin over heparin has recently been challenged. We aimed to analyse the safety and cost-effectiveness following reintroduction of heparin instead of ...