News Tagged ‘thromboembolism

Low-molecular-weight heparin good therapy for cancer patients

Cancer Consultants, an oncology resource center, is reporting that prophylactic use of nadroparin, a low-molecular-weight heparin, significantly reduces the incidence of thromboembolic events in patients who have cancer and are undergoing chemotherapy. This finding was presented this week by Italian researchers with the PROTECHT Study, at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hemotology.

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Study compares brands of heparin given to ICU patients

An intensive care doctor at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario, is questioning hospitals’ choice of using a newer heparin drug over another, raising concern that the choice is made not based on the quality of the drug but rather better marketing, according to The Hamilton Spectator.

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