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 ...

This symposium will focus on the use of heparin management strategies to optimize patient outcomes. Implementation of the Anti-Xa assay for heparin monitoring and heparin-related complications will be ...

and fewer laboratory tests and heparin dosage changes. Our results provide additional support for the growing sentiment that the anti-Xa HA is a superior test for monitoring UFH. On the basis of ...

That said, non-heparin anticoagulants are expensive and hard to monitor, so clinicians want to reserve them for the patients who need them for safety. Adding to the complexity, two different lab ...