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AAA & Heparin
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I didn't read the whole thing but isn't this study dealing with much larger doses (200u per kg)?
I typically give it via central line and wait 3 min. Is this wrong?
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Inadequate dose of heparin? Heparin resistance? You could grab an ACT to rule that out. If your in the 250-300 range (from what I've read) then the culprit wasn't heparin.
I love it when I'm right and I love it more when others know it.
I wait 3 minutes b/c thats how we did it at my institution.
I just never found it important enough to research. Maybe I'm wrong?
Same at my hospital. 3 minutes after giving the heparin, draw an ACT. ACT around 300 --> good to go.
Same thing for the cardiac cases, except obviously doses and desired values are different.
I've never had a problem so far (crossing my fingers as I type) with this method.
3 minutes seems to be the magic number everywhere.
And I don't think anyone is going to change their practice even if a study shows that 1 minute is enough.
And I don't think anyone is going to change their practice even if a study shows that 1 minute is enough.
