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 ...

The weight-based heparin dosing protocol used in this hospital ... Of these 6 patients, only 1 had an aPTT above the targeted range within 24 hours, while 4 had reached targeted aPTTs within ...

The most common methods for monitoring UFH are the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and antifactor Xa heparin assay (anti-Xa HA), but both present challenges, and the optimal method to ...

Monitoring drug activity is not usually necessary for LMWH unlike unfractionated heparin which requires close monitoring of the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). Measuring factor Xa ...

or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (HITT). History of thrombocytopenia with pentosan polysulfate. Hypersensitivity to pork products. When blood coagulation testing is not feasible.