The weight-based heparin dosing protocol used in this hospital ... Of these 6 patients, only 1 had an aPTT above the targeted range within 24 hours, while 4 had reached targeted aPTTs within ...

Thus, 15 of 38 (39%) patients with consistently high aPTT values (compared with anti-Xa values) who were on heparin alone were dead at 30 days compared with 3 of 47 (6%) patients with consistently ...

Unfractionated Heparin (UFH): A type of anticoagulant that prevents blood clotting by inhibiting certain clotting factors in the blood. Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT): A laboratory ...

Increasing prevalence of coagulation disorders is driving market growth, with a trend towards increasing R and D activities and new therapeutic applications of heparin. However, side effects of ...