Activated Clotting Time (ACT) for Monitoring of Low-Dose Heparin: Performance Characteristics in Healthy Adults and Critically Ill Patients

Activated Clotting Time (ACT) for Monitoring of Low-Dose Heparin: Performance Characteristics in Healthy Adults and Critically Ill Patients

Dose adjustment of unfractionated heparin (UFH) anticoagulation is an important factor to reduce hemorrhagic events. High doses of heparin can be monitored by Activated Clotting Time (ACT). Because of limited information about the monitoring of low-dose heparin we assessed monitoring by ACT, aPTT an...

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Main Authors: Johannes E. Wehner, Martin Boehne MD, Sascha David MD, Korbinian Brand MD, Andreas Tiede MD, Rolf Bikker PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1076029620975494

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1076029620975494

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