The Pattern of Heparin Dosing as Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Adult Underweight Patients Admitted to Critical Care Units at a Tertiary Hospital

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is one of the causes of hospital-related deaths in critically ill patients. Guidelines recommended VTE prophylaxis with standardized, fixed doses for most patients. The underweight population has limited data to guide the appropriate drug and dosing regimen....

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Autores principales: Al Harthy, Nouf, Al Harthi, Felwah, Al Harb, Shmeylan, Al Dughayem, Najwa, Al Harthi, Khoulod, Gramish, Jawaher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569710
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31717

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569710
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31717

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