Purpose: A case of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) complicated by warfarin-induced skin necrosis (WISN) is reported. Summary: A patient with a history of hypertension, heart failure ...

Tinzaparin is a low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) with antithrombotic ... when administered in conjunction with warfarin sodium. Tinzaparin works by inhibiting reactions that lead to the ...

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT ... No treatment is indicated for type I HIT. Warfarin (Coumadin) should be used in the setting of type II HIT until the platelet count increases to at ...

In patients in whom warfarin therapy is withheld in the periprocedural period but who are considered to be at high risk of thromboembolic events, clinicians often instigate heparin 'bridging'.

For patients undergoing elective hip- and knee-replacement surgery, the current options for prophylaxis of VTE include low-molecular-weight heparin, warfarin or pentasaccharide. Guidelines advise ...