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Instructions for use: Ikus - Berlin Heart

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Medication - start if... Dosage guidelines Laboratory and target values<br />

Fractionated heparin (LMWH)<br />

Start at suboptimum INR<br />

or if<br />

• oral<br />

administration<br />

not possible<br />

• INR unstable<br />

• changing<br />

antibiotics<br />

Omega 3 fatty acids<br />

EPA/ DHA 1 - 3 g/d<br />

Dosage (e.g.<br />

enoxaparin): every 12 h<br />

• INR = 2.0 - 2.5:<br />

prophylactic<br />

dosage<br />

(1.0 mg/kg/d)<br />

• INR < 2.0<br />

(or <strong>use</strong> of i.v.<br />

UFH):<br />

therapeutic<br />

dosage<br />

(1.0 mg/kg,<br />

2x/d)<br />

Tab. 2 Guidelines <strong>for</strong> anticoagulation therapy in young persons and adults<br />

Target: anti-Xa level<br />

Therapeutic level 0.6 - 1.0 U/ml divided<br />

over 2 doses per day<br />

• blood withdrawal 4 h after<br />

2nd dose<br />

• at stable level: check once<br />

weekly<br />

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