Many questions about the heparin allergy outbreak remain unanswered. Does the heparin allergy originate from a single plant reflecting a quality problem? The implicated lots of heparin appear to ...

Taurolidine is an antibacterial and antifungal agent with a mechanism of action that is less prone to development of antimicrobial resistance. A taurolidine/heparin lock solution carries a lower risk ...

If the heparin shortage goes critical, there are some steps that could mitigate the harm, as one group outlined. "Manufacturing disturbances and an outbreak of African swine fever in China are ...

The heparin frequently given before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be pushed to as early as possible in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to ...

The story of a grad student who overcame remarkable odds only to be denied his moment of glory, or a tale of dark deceit and devilish doings? The story of heparin is as complicated as the chemistry ...

We evaluated two patients in whom heparin-induced thrombocytopenia developed after orthopedic surgery, with the delayed-onset type in Patient 1 and the spontaneous type in Patient 2 (Figure 1). The ...

ON NOV. 19, 2007, St. Louis Children's Hospital noticed the first of several acute allergic reactions in children undergoing dialysis. The hospital reported the reactions to the Missouri Department of ...

We read with concern the analysis by Davidson et al. (Sept. 26 issue). 1 They use the pooled placebo groups from two sepsis trials, divided into two groups — patients who either were receiving heparin ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Figure 1: Comparison of the proton NMR spectra of synthesized OSCS at pH 7 and pH 5. The alternative text for this image may have been ...

Skeletal muscle is considered a target for in vivo gene transfer of AAV vectors for applications of gene therapy and vaccines. Thus, we evaluated activation of T cells to the capsids of different AAV ...