If there is no increased risk of bleeding a bolus dose of anticoagulation is given intravenous to the patient before HD to avoid clotting. The most common anticoagulants used during HD are unfractionated heparin (UFH) and low molecule weight heparins (LMWH). Without anticoagulants there will be ...
chemotherapy will most likely need to be coupled with a low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), such as enoxaparin, for 2–3 days, to prevent hypercoagulability from the combination of the treatments, and to stop the LMWH before the expected nadir time of thrombocytes, to prevent potential ...