Monitoring hirudin anticoagulation in two patients undergoing cardiac surgery with a plasma-modified act method.
McDonald
Susan B
SB
Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Kattapurum
B Mathew
BM
Saleem
Rao
R
Joist
Heinrich J
HJ
Avidan
Michael
M
Despotis
George J
GJ
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects; D024764:Hirudin Therapy; D006629:Hirudins / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006629:Hirudins; D006493:Heparin