ACTIVE bleeding, the threat of bleeding or bleeding in the immediate past remains the only definite contraindication to the use of artificial-kidney hemodialysis. 1–3 Predialysis heparinization of the ...
Purpose. The performance of a weight-based dosing protocol for unfractionated heparin (UFH) infusions using antifactor Xa monitoring was evaluated. Methods. The first 50 patients to receive a UFH ...
There are a number of limitations to the current study. A power calculation was not performed prior to beginning data collection. The decision to include 50 patients in each arm was based on ...
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 ...
An automated chromogenic test called the INNOVANCE Anti-Xa assay is used to quantify the levels of rivaroxaban 1, apixaban, and edoxaban 1 in citrated human plasma, as well as the activity of ...
Monitoring unfractionated heparin (UFH) using the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) or the anti-factor Xa (anti-Xa) chromogenic assay still seems to be a controversy. Is the anti-Xa less ...
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.