- anticoagulant
- reduces risk of thrombus formation
Heparin Hemorrhage Risk Indicators
- bleeding gums
- hemotemesis
- hematuria
- melena
Diagnostics
- aPTT = activated partial thromboplastin time or PTT = partial thromboplastin time
- allows therapeutic heparin range to be monitored
Preexisting conditions that contraindicate heparin use:
- threatened abortion
- cerebral of aortic aneurysm
- cerebrovascular hemorrhage
- severe hypertension
- blood dyscrasia
- recent opthalmic surgery
- recent neurosurgery
Preexisting conditions indicative of increased hemorrhage risk
- recent childbirth
- severe diabetes
- severe retanopathy
- hepatopathy
- severe trauma
- vasculitis
- active ulcer or GI lesion
- GU or Respiratory tract lesion
Over the counter medications which increase hemorrhage risk
- aspirin
- nonsteroidal antiinflammatories
- cephalosporins
- antithyroid agents
- probenecid
- thrombolytics
- garlic
- ginger
- ginkgo
- horse chestnut
- feverfew
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