BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Intravenous heparin therapy is often used in patients presenting with transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke as either bridging therapy for anticoagulation with warfarin or primary therapy in suspected intracranial arterial dissection, crescendo TIAs, or suspected hypercoagulable states. We attempted to validate the use of a weight-based nomogram for heparin-adjusted t...

background:   objective: to investigate the association between thrombophilia and unexplained recurrent miscarriage and to evaluate the efficacy of anticoagulant treatment.   materials and methods: in this quasi experimental, we enrolled 520 women, who had a history of recurrent miscarriage. two hundred fifty two women with unexplained recurrent miscarriage were assigned to receive aspirin (80 ...

BACKGROUND The use of heparin for the treatment of ulcerative colitis has been evaluated in several open and controlled trials, with varying outcomes. AIM To evaluate the efficacy and safety of heparin as supplemental therapy compared with conventional therapy in patients with ulcerative colitis. METHODS All randomized trials comparing heparin supplementation to conventional therapy were in...

A 66-year-old woman presented with painful abdominal skin necrosis where she had been injecting subcutaneous enoxaparin 1 week following elective knee arthroplasty (Figure). Her complete blood cell count and basic metabolic panel yielded unremarkable findings. Enoxaparin was discontinued, a direct thrombin inhibitor started. Heparin platelet factor 4 IgG antibody strongly positive (2.065 OD), a...

Intravenous heparin after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction is an effective, widely used treatment. Six cases of acute myocardial infarction are reported with early disease reactivation following the abrupt discontinuation of heparin infusion three days after alteplase thrombolysis and concomitant aspirin therapy. Immediate reinfusion of heparin resulted in regression of symp...

neonatal purpura fulminans is a rare and life threatening disease that can be inherited or acquired in etiology. it manifests as dic and extensive subcutaneous thrombosis. the condition is often fatal unless there is prompt diagnosis, and judicious therapy. the most important causes of this condition are infections and congenital deficiency of anticoagulant proteins c and s.in the case of pc (p...