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[Heparin therapy in postoperative consumption coagulopathy in childhood]
Infusionstherapie Und Klinische Ernahrung
|August 1, 1975
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Postoperative children showed blood coagulation changes resembling consumption coagulopathy. Low-dose heparin therapy (3-5 IU/kg/hr) was administered intravenously, and the results were evaluated.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Medicine
- Hematology
- Critical Care
Abstract:
On the basis of clinical symptoms and the results of coagulation tests, some changes in the blood coagulation similar to a consumption coagulopathy were found in eight children in the postoperative phase. In addition to the postoperative routine basic therapy a "low-dosage heparin therapy" was started. 3-5 IU of heparin/kg body weight/hour were administered in the form of a continuous intravenous infusion. The results are discussed.