Anticoagulation

Question 1

What are the monitoring parameters for LMWH?

Answer 1

SCr, HGB, hematocrit, platelets

Question 2

Another name for LMWH?

Answer 2

Enoxaparin

Question 3

On which parts of the coagulation cascades does LMWH act on?

Answer 3

1. LMWH potentiates antithrombin

2. LMWH inactivates factor Xa

Question 4

What are the routes of administration of LMWH?

Answer 4

1. sq

2. IV (rare)