Monitoring of unfractionated heparin in critically ill patients

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 466-471

  Aarab, R ^a   van Es, J ^a   de Pont, A C J M ^a   Vroom, M B ^a   Middeldorp, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated partial thromboplastin time; Unfractionated heparin; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT ADMISSION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887554770     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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