Recently, ultra-low dose heparin therapy (drip infusion of 1 unit of heparin per kg body weight per hour; Negus et al, 1980) and intrapulmonary heparin therapy (inhalation of vapored heparin; Jaques et al, 1976) have been proposed. However, antithrombotic effect of heparin may be ...
withprotamineafter the operation.39,40We have not found any benefit in this practice. For those patients who come to the operating room on a continuous heparin drip, we continue the infusion until thearteriotomyclosure is finished. With meticulous technique, bleeding in these cases has not ...
Infusion rates of heparin drip by type of surgical procedure. The distribution of each type of surgical procedure was as follows: 1, Blalock-Taussig shunt; 2, Glenn procedure; 3, Fontan procedure; 5, mechanical valve replacement; and 6, Rastelli procedure. The types of surgical procedure were...
Infusion rates of heparin drip by type of surgical procedure. The distribution of each type of surgical procedure was as follows: 1, Blalock-Taussig shunt; 2, Glenn procedure; 3, Fontan procedure; 5, mechanical valve replacement; and 6, Rastelli procedure. The types of surgical procedure were...