Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia ... The study was designed to reflect conventional clinical practice, whereby treatment of patients with HIT was initiated upon clinical suspicion.

Hull RD ; Raskob GE ; Rosenbloom D ; Lemaire J ; Pineo GF ; Baylis B ; Ginsberg JS ; Panju AA ; Brill-Edwards P ; Brant R BACKGROUND: Audits of heparin sodium therapy suggest that heparin ...

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) can be a serious complication of unfractionated heparin therapy. There are two types of HIT: Type I HIT: This form is non-immune mediated. Thrombocytopenia ...

Use of high-dose (46.7%) sodium citrate locks for central venous catheters (CVCs) being used for maintenance hemodialysis provides no advantage over 5% heparin locks in reducing infections or ...

Heparin Injection is used for prevention and treatment of diseases caused by blood clots such as in certain blood vessel, heart and lung conditions. It is also used to prevent blood clots from ...

In subsequent animals, the addition of 100 units/kg heparin immediately before the antibody (days 0 and 2) reduced the incidence of thrombotic complications to just two (one renal artery ...

Note that fibrinolytic therapy is always given simultaneously with anticoagulation using unfractionated heparin or low molecular weight heparin. When the decision to treat a patient experiencing a ...