A new plastic collection tube made of polyethylene terephtalate is suitable for monitoring traditional anticoagulant therapy (oral anticoagulant, unfractionated heparin, and low molecular weight heparin)

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-143

  Toulon, Pierre ^a   Ajzenberg, Nadine ^b   Smahi, Motalib ^c   Guillin, Marie Claude ^b  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Emile Roux Hospital AP HP   (France)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant treatment; Coagulation testing; Glass tubes; Plastic tubes; Polyethylene terephtalate

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SHELF LIFE; SILASTIC TUBE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DRUG MONITORING; GLASS; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 33751072204     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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