Heparin was the first anticoagulant agent to be discovered and isolated for medical use, and is one of the oldest drugs still to be in widespread clinical use. Indeed, heparin remains on the WHO ...

Unfractionated vs. low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH): Find out what the difference is and how they work for DVT.

Warfarin and heparin are anticoagulant medications, or "blood thinners." They help stop your blood from clotting when it’s not necessary. Find out how the two drugs work, and how they ...

How effective is antifactor Xa monitoring in achieving target values within the first 24 hours of unfractionated heparin therapy?

Tinzaparin is a low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) with antithrombotic properties. It has FDA-approved labeling for use in the treatment of acute symptomatic deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) with or ...

Clinical guidelines recommend low-molecular-weight heparin for thromboprophylaxis in patients with fractures, but trials of its effectiveness as compared with aspirin are lacking. In this pragmatic ...

Randomized trials of therapeutic-dose heparin involving patients with Covid-19 were also completed after glucocorticoids had been introduced as standard care and on a background of increasing use ...