Oncology Nurse Advisor Preferred initial therapy for VTE in patients with cancer is low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH)-based therapy over warfarin-based therapy or vitamin K antagonists (VKAs), according to guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO ...
Healio In a pooled analysis of the HORIZONS-AMI and EUROMAX trials, primary PCI with bivalirudin was associated with improved net 30-day clinical outcomes and transfusions, but a higher rate of acute stent thrombosis, compared with unfractionated heparin plus ... and more »
FiercePharma Manufacturing The FDA has kept a close eye on Chinese heparin makers ever since tainted crude heparin from China was tied to the deaths of dozens of dialysis patients in the U.S. The agency has now taken steps against a Chinese heparin maker it says is using ...
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network It's long been assumed that clinicians who treat patients to avoid blood clots must risk consequences: the potential for bleeding. A study named one of the “Best of ASH” at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, and ...
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network Don't test or treat for suspected heparin -induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) in patients with a low pre-test probability. Adam C. Cuker, MD, MS, of the University of Pennsylvania, described the “4T” score, a widely used system that allows clinicians to ...
The Biological SCENE A research team led by Jayachandran N. Kizhakkedathu of the University of British Columbia recently designed a reversal agent for heparin (Sci. Tr...
Scientific American For the past 20 years pregnant women with an increased risk of developing blood clots have often been prescribed a common blood thinner to prevent se...
MedPage Today "We have been very concerned in the past about low molecular-weight heparin , like enoxaparin, in renal failure," Bauer said. "People sometime in the past had a tendency to forget with renal failure or renal insufficiency we have increased risk; now ...
