The American Journal of Managed Care

Cost Effectiveness of Thromboprophylaxis With a Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Versus Unfractionated Heparin in Acutely Ill Medical Inpatients

Objective: To compare the cost effectiveness of prophylaxiswith a low-molecular-weight heparin with that of prophylaxis withunfractionated heparin for the prevention of venous thromboembolismin ...
Medscape

Fondaparinux more effective than enoxaparin in preventing VTE after hip fracture, knee surgery

Boston, MA - Two new studies comparing the low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) enoxaparin (Lovenox® - Aventis) with the new synthetic pentasaccharide fondaparinux (Arixtra® - Sanofi-Synthelabo/Organon ...
Medscape

EXCLAIM: Postdischarge enoxaparin prophylaxis cuts VTE event risk in medical patients

Geneva, Switzerland - Low-molecular-weight-heparin (LMWH) prophylaxis in nonsurgical patients at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) should be extended for about a month after hospital ...
Europa Press

New Study Shows That Extending Prophylaxis With Clexane(R) / Lovenox(R) (enoxaparin Sodium Injection) to 5 Weeks is More

-- EXCLAIM is the First International Study to Show That Extended Thromboprophylaxis Reduces VTE Risk in Acutely-ill Medical Patients With a Statistically Significant 44% Sanofi-aventis announced ...
Healio

Guidelines help clinicians identify safe DVT prophylaxis strategies, suggest research directions

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Until recently, orthopedic surgeons lacked specialty-specific recommendations for preventing venous ...
ascopubs.org

Utilization rates of enoxaparin and heparin in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after education and electronic order change at a single institution: A quality improvement study.

Examining clinician confidence in the management of breast cancer (BC) based on subtype. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

New Oral Anticoagulants and Outpatient Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism

In total hip or total knee arthroplasty, hypercoagulability typically begins on the operating table and a hypercoagulable state persists for up to 3 months after surgery. For that reason, it is ...
Healio

Deep Vein Thrombosis—Concepts and Controversy

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The typical patient undergoing a joint replacement procedure is a woman in her mid-60s with hip pain that causes ...
MedPage Today

Aspirin Toe-to-Toe With LMWH Injections in Orthopedic Trauma

For patients with a variety of traumatic bone fractures, plain old oral aspirin provided just as good thromboprophylaxis as traditional low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) injections in the large ...
FiercePharma

Sandoz completes US offering of generic Lovenox® line with launch of enoxaparin sodium injection, USP vials

Princeton, New Jersey, April 25, 2012 – Sandoz today announced the introduction of enoxaparin sodium injection, USP 3 mL vials, a generic version of Sanofi's Lovenox® Injection Multiple-Dose Vials, in ...
Nature

Prophylactic and therapeutic anticoagulation for thrombosis—major issues in oncology

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. Primary prevention with pharmacologic agents (or mechanical methods, if anticoagulants are ...