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 ...

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 ...

Many patients requiring pacemaker or implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) surgery are taking warfarin. For patients at high risk for thromboembolic events, guidelines recommend bridging ...

Heparin injectable solution only comes as a generic drug. It doesn’t have a brand-name version. Heparin comes in two forms. One is an injectable solution, which you inject under your skin. The other ...

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is a relatively common antibody-mediated drug reaction. We studied the temporal relation between previous or current heparin therapy and the onset of heparin-induced ...

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 ...

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 ...