Journal article
Anticoagulant prophylaxis in special populations with an indwelling epidural catheter or renal insufficiency
Abstract
The prevention of deep venous thrombosis in postoperative patients who have an indwelling epidural catheter and patients with impaired renal function is a frequently encountered and challenging clinical management problem. Such patients make up a considerable proportion of patients in a medical-surgical intensive care unit. The management of such patients is problematic because low-molecular-weight heparins, the anticoagulant of choice as …
Authors
Douketis JD; Rabbat C; Crowther MA; Participants FTVITIW
Journal
Journal of Critical Care, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 324–329
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2005
DOI
10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.09.001
ISSN
0883-9441