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 ...

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 ...

Objectives: To compare the safety and effectiveness of two different thromboprophylactic protocols in the management of patients with spinal cord injury – one using heparin/warfarin and the other ...

Heparin is a glycosaminoglycan that has long been used clinically as an anticoagulant. However, evidence indicating that this complex molecule possesses therapeutic potential in various unrelated ...

Blood thinners don’t really thin your blood. They just interrupt your body’s natural clotting process. Warfarin and heparin act on different parts of this process. Doctors usually prescribe warfarin ...

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The case of 14 babies who received accidental overdoses while in intensive care has raised new questions about how a common blood-thinning medication could be given to infants ...