Starting treatment Indications Dosing and monitoring Complications

Complications Minor bleeds Consider stopping heparin d Note: 16% of patients on heparin have a minor bleed (95% CI: 14% to 18%).b

Expiry date: May 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

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.