Thrombocytopenia Therapy
Studies in the area of thrombocytopenia therapy reported from Pennsylvania State University, Department of Pharmacy
Published in Blood Weekly, January 1st, 2009
New research, 'Successful use of argatroban during the third trimester of pregnancy: case report and review of the literature,' is the subject of a report. "Direct thrombin inhibitors are commonly used anticoagulants in patients with known or suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). All three direct thrombin inhibitors available in the United States-argatroban, bivalirudin, and lepirudin-are pregnancy category B drugs based on animal studies, but little data are available on the safety of these agents during human pregnancy," scientists in the United States report.
"Whereas several case reports support the safe use of lepirudin, only one case report has been...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-01-01)
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