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 ...

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 ...

The need for different heparin dosing protocols for obese and nonobese patients was studied. A chart review was performed for all patients who received heparin over an eightmonth period at an acute ...

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-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 ...