title: Practical prescribing of intravenous unfractionated heparin.
abstract: Intravenous unfractionated heparin is sometimes poorly managed in NHS hospitals. This article investigates why this is so and reviews the evidence for optimal unfractionated heparin prescribing, using it to make some suggestions as to how doctors can improve this.
authors: Poole Hospital NHS Trust, Poole, UK.
authors: Daniel M
authors: DM
authors: Sado
authors: Dallas
authors: D
authors: Price
authors: Sajiram
authors: S
authors: Sarvananthan
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006493:Heparin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D049451:Nomograms; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight; D006493:Heparin