Low Molecular Weight Heparin: A Practical Approach in Deep Venous Thrombosis in Palliative Care

INTRODUCTION: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is one of the many cause of pain in advance cases of carcinoma cervix. The most widely used agent for combating DVT is unfractionated heparin. AIMS: Aims of this study is to see the efficacy of the use of low molecular weight (LMW) haparin and its practical u...

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Autores principales: Dutta, Samrat, Chattopadhayay, Subrata, Dasgupta, C, Sarkar, Shyamal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21976855
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.84536
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Chattopadhayay, Subrata
Dasgupta, C
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description INTRODUCTION: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is one of the many cause of pain in advance cases of carcinoma cervix. The most widely used agent for combating DVT is unfractionated heparin. AIMS: Aims of this study is to see the efficacy of the use of low molecular weight (LMW) haparin and its practical utility in palliative care settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twelve cases of established DVT received enoxaparin at 40 mg/m with warfarin. RESULTS: There was 70% resolution of limb swelling in seven cases. Out of remaining four cases took two months to resolve and one case did not resolve completely. CONCLUSIONS: LMV heparin is effective in palliative care setting and also has added advantage of subcutaneous route of administration.
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spelling pubmed-31836042011-10-04 Low Molecular Weight Heparin: A Practical Approach in Deep Venous Thrombosis in Palliative Care Dutta, Samrat Chattopadhayay, Subrata Dasgupta, C Sarkar, Shyamal Indian J Palliat Care Original Article INTRODUCTION: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is one of the many cause of pain in advance cases of carcinoma cervix. The most widely used agent for combating DVT is unfractionated heparin. AIMS: Aims of this study is to see the efficacy of the use of low molecular weight (LMW) haparin and its practical utility in palliative care settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twelve cases of established DVT received enoxaparin at 40 mg/m with warfarin. RESULTS: There was 70% resolution of limb swelling in seven cases. Out of remaining four cases took two months to resolve and one case did not resolve completely. CONCLUSIONS: LMV heparin is effective in palliative care setting and also has added advantage of subcutaneous route of administration. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3183604/ /pubmed/21976855 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.84536 Text en © Indian Journal of Palliative Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dutta, Samrat
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Low Molecular Weight Heparin: A Practical Approach in Deep Venous Thrombosis in Palliative Care
title Low Molecular Weight Heparin: A Practical Approach in Deep Venous Thrombosis in Palliative Care
title_full Low Molecular Weight Heparin: A Practical Approach in Deep Venous Thrombosis in Palliative Care
title_fullStr Low Molecular Weight Heparin: A Practical Approach in Deep Venous Thrombosis in Palliative Care
title_full_unstemmed Low Molecular Weight Heparin: A Practical Approach in Deep Venous Thrombosis in Palliative Care
title_short Low Molecular Weight Heparin: A Practical Approach in Deep Venous Thrombosis in Palliative Care
title_sort low molecular weight heparin: a practical approach in deep venous thrombosis in palliative care
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21976855
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.84536
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