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Achievement of Anticoagulation by Using a Weight-based Heparin Dosing Protocol for Obese and Nonobese Patients
Bowden et al. [10] also used a dosing weight in their investigation of a weight-based heparin protocol. The dosing-weight formula (DW = IBW + [0.4(ABW - IBW)]) was used for obese patients (those ...
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Achievement of Anticoagulation by Using a Weight-based Heparin Dosing Protocol for Obese and Nonobese Patients
The need for different heparin dosing protocols for obese and nonobese patients was studied. A chart review was performed for all patients who received heparin over an eightmonth period at an ...