including heparin flushes, heparin-coated catheters, and therapeutic intravenous heparin. Repeat exposure to heparin, even in small amounts, leads to further drops in platelet counts and has the ...

Heparin-free hemodialysis with intermittent saline flushes (ISF) has been reported to be a safe and effective method for maintenance hemodialysis in patients with increased bleeding risk ...

Heparins are a group of related compounds comprised of a mixture of glycosaminoglycans usually derived from porcine intestine. They exert their effect by binding to antithrombin, which inhibits ...