Active Ingredient: Heparin
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Intravenous
5,000 - 10,000 [iU]
From 5,000 To 10,000 [iU] once every day
Loading dose: 5,000 units intravenously (10,000 units may be required in severe pulmonary embolism).
Maintenance: 1,000-2,000 units/hour by intravenous infusion, or 5,000-10,000 units 4-hourly by intravenous injection.
Daily laboratory monitoring (ideally at the same time each day, starting 4-6 hours after initiation of treatment) is essential during full-dose heparin treatment, with adjustment of dosage to maintain an APTT value 1.5-2.5 x midpoint of normal range or control value.
By continuous intravenous infusion in 5% glucose or 0.9% sodium chloride or by intermittent intravenous injection.
The intravenous injection volume of heparin injection should not exceed 15ml.
As the effects of heparin are short-lived, administration by intravenous infusion is preferable to intermittent intravenous injections.
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