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 ...

In 1988, Wheeler et al. [8] reported that physicians treating patients for pulmonary embolism and deep-vein thrombosis frequently underdosed their patients and were slow to change their heparin ...

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 ...

18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Contributes to the Diagnosis and Management of Infections in Patients With Multiple Myeloma: A Study of 165 Infectious Episodes Two hundred and ...

To determine the efficacy of heparinized saline administered as intermittent flush on functional duration of the peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) in neonates. A total of 120 neonates were ...

DURING cardiac catheterization patency of the system is customarily maintained by a continuous drip or by intermittent injections of dilute heparin solution. This is discontinued while pressures are ...