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Low molecular weight heparin

Starting treatment
Indications
Dosing and monitoring
Complications
Indications

LMWH is probably safe to use in pregnant women. b c

Why?

  • Women who take LMWH during pregnancy are not clearly more likely to have a malformed baby or a stillbirth. b
  • It does not appear to cross the placenta. c

Expiry date: May 2003
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With thanks to Drs. David Keeling, John Reynolds, David Sackett, Sharon Straus and Alan Townsend 
 for use of their anticoagulation guide on which this one is based.

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   A   Gallus
CAT Writer   CM   Ball