Bedside monitoring of heparin therapy.
Continuous infusion heparin therapy was monitored in twenty-five patients with simultaneously performed activated partial thromboplastin times and activated clotting times. These data were then compared by means of the coefficient of correlation. Significant correlation is demonstrated between the APTT and ACT in 88 per cent of cases.
D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013925:Thromboplastin
D006493:Heparin; D013925:Thromboplastin