Basics to Brilliance: Haematology Podcast

Heparin & the Anti-Xa Assay

Basics to Brilliance: Haematology Podcast

Show Notes

Feedback 00:52 Intro (shoutuout to the BSH anticoagulant monitoring guidelines) 02:15 Practical relevance of testing and monitoring anticoagulants 07:30 Heparin: The Basics 09:00 Unfractionated Heparin vs. Low Molecular Weight Heparin 10:24 Mechanism of action of Heparin (UfH vs. LMWH) LMWH: more Anti-Xa activityUfH Anti-IIa acitivity = Anti-Xa activity15:30 Pharmacokinetic differences (UfH vs. LMWH) 23:28 Unfractionated Heparin uses and monitoring 34:34 Anti Xa Assay 42:32 ...

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