This was a single-center, observational cohort study conducted at an 852-bed academic medical center. The study involved a review of electronic and paper medical records of patients who received ...

This webinar will look at the principles of the assays available to monitor heparin. The most frequent assay that is used is the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). This assay is readily ...

Unfractionated heparin (UFH) serves as a commonly used anticoagulant. It is widely utilized for a variety of reasons, including to 1) anticoagulate patients and help treat and / or prevent thrombosis, ...

Correctly diagnosing heparin resistance in patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is challenging. In patients with sepsis, the differential diagnosis for heparin resistance is large, ...

Sponsored by: Diagnostica Stago, Inc. Ever since the introduction of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), such as apixaban and rivaroxaban, laboratory staff and clinicians have been confronted with ...

A 47-year-old diabetic woman, weighing 90.5 kg, with no previous history of abnormal bleeding was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (subtype M2). She was treated with two courses of cytarabine ...

Drug resistance is defined as the lack of expected response to a standard therapeutic dose of a drug or as resistance resulting from biologic changes in the target, as occurs in antibiotic resistance.

Treatment of blood clots in the deep veins of the legs or the lungs with an older, less expensive form of the anticoagulant medication heparin can be just as safe and effective as similar treatment ...

A total of 172 patients were screened to obtain 50 patients in the analysis for each group. The most prevalent reasons for exclusion included heparin infusion for less than 24 hours and inadequate ...