title: Components of coagulation and fibrinolysis during thrombosis prophylaxis with a low molecular weight heparin (Enoxaparin) versus Dextran 70 in hip arthroplasty.
abstract: In a prospective randomized study heptest, thrombin-antithrombin complexes (TAT), D-dimer, and t-PA:ag were analysed pre- and postoperatively in 206 consecutive patients undergoing hip arthroplasty during thromboprophylaxis with either a LMW heparin (Enoxaparin) or Dextran 70. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) developed in 6 of 102 (6%) Enoxaparin and in 21 of 104 (20%) Dextran patients diagnosed by bilateral phelobography. In the Enoxaparin group heptest showed a significant increase from the pre- to the postoperative level opposed to a significant decrease in the Dextran group. Postoperative levels of TAT, D-dimer, and t-PA:ag were significantly increased in both groups, however, TAT was significantly higher in patients in the Dextran group than in the Enoxaparin patients. D-dimer was significantly higher in Dextran patients with DVT postoperatively compared with patients without DVT. No differences concerning TAT or t-PA:ag were observed between patients with and without DVT in any of the groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Borris
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lassen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Walenga
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fareed
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hauch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wille-Jørgensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects; D003911:Dextrans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005342:Fibrinolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D003911:Dextrans; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight