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ReviewJournal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH2021

Heparin - Messias or Verschlimmbesserung?

Dawn Swan, Marc Carrier, Ton Lisman, Jecko Thachil

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Heparin and Derivatives for Advanced Cell Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Dawn SwanDepartment of Haematology, St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-1374-7333
Marc CarrierThe Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Ton LismanSurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3503-7140
Jecko ThachilDepartment of Haematology, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Ottawa Hospital · CASt. James's Hospital · IEUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A heightened risk of thrombosis noted early on with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection led to the widespread use of heparin anticoagulation in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, reports soon started appearing in the literature where an apparent failure of heparin to prevent thrombotic events was observed in hospitalized patients with this viral infection. In this review, we explore the likely mechanisms for heparin failure with particular relevance to COVID-19. We also explore the role of anti-Xa assays and global hemostatic tests in this context. The current controversy of dosing heparin in this disease is detailed with some possible mechanistic reasons for anticoagulant failure. We hope that lessons learnt from the use of heparin in COVID-19 could assist us in the appropriate use of this anticoagulant in the future.

Indexed as

COVID-19HeparinAnticoagulantsHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2AnticoagulantsHeparinCOVID-19heparinheparin-resistanceLMWHSars CoV-2thrombosis

Identifiers

PMID34272818
PMCPMC9906358
OpenAlexW3178736688

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Registered trials

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