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heparin Definition

hepa·rin (hepə rin)

noun

a substance found in the liver, that slows the clotting of blood: its sodium salt, taken from animals, is used in surgery and medicine

Etymology: Gr hēpar, the liver (see hepatic) + -in

heparin Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • receive: Heparin Approximately 2/3 of the patients received prophylactic low dose heparin during the course of study.
  • give: Or you can be given heparin continuously into a vein through a pump.
  • call: However if you suffer from stomach ulceration or allergy to aspirin then there is a shot of a blood thinning agent called heparin available.

Preposition: in

treatment: Low molecular weight heparin in the treatment of venous thromboembolism: an updated meta-analysis.

Adjective modifier

  • unfractionated: A comparison of low-molecular weight heparin with unfractionated heparin for unstable coronary disease.
  • low-molecular: A comparison of low-molecular weight heparin with unfractionated heparin for unstable coronary disease.
  • low-molecular-weight: Efficacy and cost of low-molecular-weight heparin compared with standard heparin for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis after total hip arthroplasty.
  • subcutaneous: Adjusted subcutaneous heparin versus warfarin sodium in the long-term treatment of venous thrombosis.
  • intravenous: The decision to administer intravenous heparin once the INR falls below the therapeutic level should be individualized.
  • prophylactic: Heparin Approximately 2/3 of the patients received prophylactic low dose heparin during the course of study.

Modifies a noun

  • saline: Be very quick to close the common femoral clamp to minimize blood loss and loss of heparin saline.
  • contamination: If a Thrombin Time test is normal then there is not significant heparin contamination in the blood sample.
  • injection: For those women with previous thrombosis we use aspirin together with subcutaneous heparin injections.
  • dose: There may be a need to increase your heparin dose during dialysis.
  • therapy: However when combined with a form of heparin therapy central nervous blockade should not be performed.
  • treatment: Unlike warfarin, there are no blood tests usually required to monitor heparin treatment.

Noun used with modifier

  • lithium: Blood Chromosome Analysis This is performed on a 5-10ml fresh, sterile sample of venous blood in a lithium heparin container.
  • weight: Safety of low molecular weight heparin in pregnancy: a systematic review.
  • dose: Heparin Approximately 2/3 of the patients received prophylactic low dose heparin during the course of study.
  • drug: Usually, on diagnosis, high doses of the drug Heparin are injected.

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