A 32-year-old man with testicular carcinoma is diagnosed with an acute left leg deep venous thrombosis (DVT) during his fourth cycle of combination chemotherapy. Because of anticipated moderate to severe thrombocytopenia, anticoagulation is initially avoided and an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is placed to prevent pulmonary embolism (PE). After completion of all chemotherapy he is deemed to ...

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diverticulitis presents to your office for follow-up care. Three months ago, she developed 3 days of pain and swelling in her right calf and thigh. Lower-extremity venous ultrasonography demonstrated a deep vein thrombosis in the right femoral vein. No identifiable cause was noted. She was started on ther...

Background: Vitamin K antagonist treatment is effective for prevention and treatment of thromboembolic events but frequent laboratory control and dose adjustment are essential. Small portable devices have enabled patient self-monitoring of anticoagulation and self-adjustment of the dose. We compared this self-management of oral anticoagulant therapy with conventional management by a specialist ...

In patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrilla-tion (AF), what are the benefits and risks of long-term anticoagulation with warfarin compared with those of antiplatelet treatment with aspirin or indoprofen? D a t a s o u r c e s Studies were identified by searching the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, MEDLINE, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, CINAHL, and SIGLE up to the end of 1999 with the terms ath...

BACKGROUND The high cost, complexity of the available protocols, and metabolic complications are the major barriers that impede the clinical utilization of regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) for sustained low efficiency dialysis (SLED) in critically ill patients. By comparing a novel protocol for SLED using 30% citrate solution with common protocol using unfractionated heparin, this study a...

Table 1 Reported cases of well functioning mechanical valve without anticoagulation Reference Mean age n Type of Position Mean follow-up Treatment with Peak (years) valve (n) of valve period without anticoagulation gradient anticoagulation (months) across (years) valve thrombotic prophylaxis are from non-randomized case series without controls w2x. Uncomplicated functioning without anticoagulat...

Anticoagulation for the open heart surgery patient undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is achieved with the use of heparin. The industry standard of activated clotting time (ACT) was used to measure the effect of heparin. The commonly acceptable target time of anticoagulation adequacy is 480 seconds or greater. Some patients, however, exhibit resistance to standard dosing of heparin and do ...

Anticoagulation Blood Vessels In article number 2300564, Yeonho Choi, Jae Seung Jung, and co-workers fabricate an anticoagulation blood-vessel by omniphobic structure. They it rolling up the structured polymer film. The blood droplet slide fast in tube without any residual, they verify effect according to animal test. expect that could replace coating-based medical tubes.

PURPOSE Results of a study to determine the number of interventions unrelated to anticoagulation made in a pharmacist-managed anticoagulation clinic are presented. METHODS A retrospective, single-center cohort was conducted in a hospital-affiliated outpatient pharmacist-managed anticoagulation clinic. Patients were ≥18 years old and attended at least one face-to-face appointment between Janua...