Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Initial IV bolus of heparin
Initial IV infusion rate
Current IV infusion rate
Initial intervention
New IV heparin infusion rate
Heparin infusion rate after adjustment
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Purpose: To anticoagulate a patient with unfractionated heparin using the protocol of Smith and Wheeler.
Specialty: Hematology Oncology, Clinical Laboratory, Pharmacology, clinical
Objective: dosage calculations, dosage adjustments
ICD-10: D68.2,
