Laboratories using the aPTT to monitor heparin, need to provide clinicians with a heparin therapeutic range specific for their lot of reagent on their analyzer. An anti-Xa assay is a standardized test ...

Increased exposure to clopidogrel in the anti-Xa HA group could have resulted in an increased bleeding risk, which was not substantiated in the descriptive analysis. It is noteworthy that 31% of ...

Background: Both the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and anti-Xa assay can be used to monitor unfractionated heparin (UFH). Following implementation of an anti-Xa method for heparin ...