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Trial reportInternational journal of laboratory hematology2015

Effects of anticoagulation on markers of activation of clotting following major orthopedic surgery.

M M Bern, D Hazel, D T Reilly, D M Adcock, L Hou

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Trial report in International journal of laboratory hematology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M M BernDepartment of Medicine, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
D HazelDepartment of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
D T ReillyHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
D M AdcockEsoterix Coagulation, Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings, Englewood, CO, USA.
L HouDepartment of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
New England Baptist Hospital · USNew Mexico Cancer Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study examines makers of activation of clotting following three chemoprophylactic regimens used for prevention of postoperative venous thromboembolic disease (TED) following high-risk surgery for TED.

methodsPatients having elective primary knee or hip replacement surgery received variable dose warfarin (target international normalized ratios 2.0-2.5), 1 mg warfarin daily starting 7 days preoperatively or aspirin 325 mg daily starting on the day of surgery. Twelve patients in each group were treated for 28 ± 2 days. Thrombin-antithrombin (T-AT) and prothrombin fragment F1 + 2 were measured at baseline and postoperative days 3 and 28 ± 2.

resultsThrombin-antithrombin and F1 + 2 on postoperative day 3 were equal for the study groups. By days 28 ± 2, variable dose warfarin therapy group suppressed production of F1 + 2 (P = 0.002) with no difference in the T-AT accumulation. F1 + 2 for other patients overlapped the normal range.

conclusionThe signals of activated clotting following surgery did not differentiate the three regimens on postoperative day 3. Variable dose warfarin was associated with suppression of F1 + 2 after 1 month of therapy, with no effect on accumulation of T-AT. Fixed low-dose warfarin started 7 days prior to surgery and aspirin are not inferior on postoperative day 3, but appear to be inferior over a longer treatment.

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Orthopedic ProceduresAgedAnticoagulantsArthroplasty, Replacement, HipArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeBiomarkersBlood CoagulationFemaleHospitalizationHumansInternational Normalized RatioMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsVenous ThromboembolismWarfarinAnticoagulantsBiomarkersWarfarinArthroplastyaspirinmarkers of activated clottingprothrombin fragment F1 + 2thrombin-antithrombin complexthromboembolismwarfarin

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PMID25975205
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