Another contributing factor to the increased popularity of the anti-Xa HA is that the aPTT is merely a surrogate marker for UFH activity that must be defined based on heparin concentrations by ...

Heparan sulfate (HS), dermatan sulfate (DS), and heparin are natural glycosaminoglycans (GAG), which are linear polysaccharides, heterogeneous in both sequence and length. 1 GAGs carry out many ...

Sulfated glycosaminoglycans have a vast range of protein interactions relevant to the development of new biomaterials and pharmaceuticals, but their characterization and application is complicated ...

Effects of coagulation temperature, coagulants, and wet-spinning methods on structure and properties of novel regenerated cellulose (RC) fibers prepared from cellulose in 7.5 wt % NaOH/11 wt % urea ...

The heparin effect was more consistently quantified by ROTEM. Background Point of care viscoelastic measures with thromboelastography (TEG; Haemonetics Corporation, Switzerland) and thromboelastometry ...

A retrospective observational study was conducted among adults hospitalized at Stanford Hospital between February 2009 and August 2009. All samples were simultaneously drawn and aPTT and anti-Xa ...

Despite its limitations for monitoring heparin, aPTT remains the most convenient and most frequently used method for monitoring the anticoagulant response. aPTT should be measured ≈6 hours after the ...

Introduction Pre-eclampsia is an important cause of death and complication for pregnant women and perinatal infant. Low-dose aspirin has been most commonly used to prevent pre-eclampsia in high-risk ...