Dalteparin, a low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) prepared by nitrous acid degradation of unfractionated heparin of porcine intestinal mucosa origin, is an anticoagulant. It is composed of strongly acidic sulphated polysaccharide chains with an average molecular weight of 5000 and about 90% of the material within the range of 2000-9000. LMWHs have a more pre...
Dalteparin is used as a prophylaxis for deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms in patients undergoing general surgery (e.g., abdominal, gynecologic, urologic), and in patients with acute medical conditions (e.g. cancer, bed rest, heart failure, severe lung disease). It is also used in patients who have severely restricted mobility, which poses a risk f...
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
CCOP - Carle Cancer Center, Urbana, Illinois, United States
CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association, Des Moines, Iowa, United States
CCOP - Carle Cancer Center, Urbana, Illinois, United States
West Michigan Cancer Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
CCOP - Metro-Minnesota, Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States
MBCCOP - Gulf Coast, Mobile, Alabama, United States
MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
CCOP - Central Illinois, Decatur, Illinois, United States
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