New Anticoagulants Prompt Best Practices Review

New oral anticoagulants--a review.

BACKGROUND Dabigatran, rivaroxaban and apixaban are three new oral anticoagulants that have recently been approved in Norway. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the mechanisms of action, the most important indications and practical advice on the use of these drugs. METHOD The review is based on published phase 3 studies, a literature search in PubMed and the authors' clinica...

A new perspective on best transfusion practices.

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New Jersey; Institute for Patient Blood Management and Bloodless Medicine, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New Jersey; Department of Transfusion Services, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine; Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Duk...

Review in translational hematology New anticoagulants

Anticoagulants are pivotal agents for prevention and treatment of thromboembolic disorders. Limitations of existing anticoagulants, vitamin K antagonist and heparins, have led to the development of newer anticoagulant therapies. These anticoagulants have been designed to target specific coagulation enzymes or steps in the coagulation pathway. New anticoagulants that are under evaluation in clin...

Are Java Programming Best Practices Also Best Practices for Android?

1998 CR Categories: D.1.5 [Programming Techniques] Object-oriented Programming; D.2.2 [Software Engineering] Design Tools and Techniquesobject-oriented design methods; D.2.3 [Software Engineering] Coding Tools and Techniquesobject-oriented programming; D.3.3 [Software Engineering] Language Constructs and Featuresclasses and objects, dynamic storage management; D.4 [Operating Systems] Storage...

‘Best’ Practices in Prevention for Youth Literature Review