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Use of a fixed, body weight-unadjusted loading dose of unfractionated heparin for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

BACKGROUND: Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is being used increasingly in the emergency and critical care field in Japan. A major complication of ECPR is bleeding; however, the optimal initial heparin dose and activated coagulation time (ACT) remain unknown. The aim of this study...

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Autores principales: Iwashita, Yoshiaki, Yukimitsu, Mashiro, Matsuduki, Masaki, Yamamoto, Akitaka, Ishikura, Ken, Imai, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26199730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40560-015-0098-z