Erschienen in:
01.06.2010 | Letter
Renal function and thromboprophylaxis in critically ill patients
verfasst von:
Gareth M Scholey, Anton G Saayman, Christopher D Hingston, Matt P Wise
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Ausgabe 3/2010
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Excerpt
Robinson and colleagues [
1] recently examined the effective dose of enoxaparin for thromboprophylaxis in critically ill patients recorded over 24 hours. The study concluded that the standard dose of 40 mg led to subtherapeutic anti-factor Xa activity (aFXa) and 60 mg daily was optimal. The high rate of thromboembolic disease observed in critically ill patients could thus be explained by inadequate aFXa with the standard 40 mg dose. …