To be or not to be a case of heparin resistance
Heparin resistance can be defined as high doses of unfractionated heparin (UFH), greater than 35,000 IU/day, required to raise the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and activated coagulation time (ACT) to within therapeutically desired ranges or the impossibility of doing so. The most com...
Main Authors: | Jibran Durrani, Faizan Malik, Naveed Ali, Syed Imran Mustafa Jafri |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center
2018-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1466599 |
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