title: [Fractionated heparins. The clinician's viewpoint].
abstract: Currently the rapid development of low molecular weight heparins offers the following questions: assessment of such heparins in prophylaxis of thrombo-embolic disease in surgical or medical procedures; comparison with prior, double-blinded, randomized methods of reference like Kakkar's in general, abdominal, genital, neoplastic and especially orthopedic surgery; search of the most effective standardized dose with no reliable biologic data (usual assays are rather complex and concern more activity than efficacy); respect of absolute contraindication but usefulness of these treatments in relative contraindication of high molecular weight heparin; duration, regimen and outcome measures. The most important standpoint concerns the standardized dosage with few or no reliable biologic tests; thus these dosages cannot be adjusted to coagulation assays.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urgence et de Réanimation, C.H.R. de Nancy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Larcan
mesh_terms: D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
vernacular_title: Les héparines fractionnées. Le point de vue du clinicien.