guidelines recommend that intravenous unfractionated heparin (UFH) be dosed by weight with a bolus dose of 60 U/kg to a maximum of 4000 U and an infusion dose of 12 U/kg/h to a maximum of 1000 U/h.

Heparin comes in many strengths. Serious (sometimes fatal) injuries have occurred when the wrong strength was used. Check that you are using the correct strength and dose before injecting this ...

This article compares Lovenox and heparin by discussing their similarities and differences, including their dosing, side ...

Potentiated by concurrent treatment with antithrombin III (human) in patients with hereditary antithrombin III deficiency; reduce heparin dose.

tinzaparin (Innohep), dalteparin (Fragmin), or unfractionated heparin -- with only one study examining a direct oral anticoagulant. However, how much better one dose of any anticoagulant is than ...

Recommendations and dosing guidelines for use of heparin in children were established in 2004 during the 7th American College of Chest Physicians Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic ...

Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is a widely used anticoagulant ... indicating that it may not be suitable for guiding UFH dosing based on established nomograms[1]. This highlights the importance ...

The original heparin standing orders used by this site were based on recommendations for the treatment of venous thromboembolic disease. The ACCP consensus document also states that the dosing for ...