title: The choice of long-term anticoagulants for the pregnant patient.
abstract: The use of long-term anticoagulants in a pregnant patient poses many problems. In order to minimize the hazards for the patient and fetus the therapy must be individualized. A therapeutic regimen which calls for the use of both heparin and sodium warfarin at various intervals during gestation is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D014106:Tosylarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D014859:Warfarin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin; D006493:Heparin; D014106:Tosylarginine Methyl Ester