The anti-Xa assay has also been used to successfully monitor UFH efficacy. [11] Levine et al. [10] randomized patients with acute venous thromboembolism who required at least 35,000 units or more of ...

A total of 172 patients were screened to obtain 50 patients in the analysis for each group. The most prevalent reasons for exclusion included heparin infusion for less than 24 hours and inadequate ...

Drug resistance is defined as the lack of expected response to a standard therapeutic dose of a drug or as resistance resulting from biologic changes in the target, as occurs in antibiotic resistance.

Internal quality control is an integral process of laboratory testing. A clinical laboratory's coagulation quality control (QC) program is a critical component of its quality assessment program. The ...