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Complications of Intravenous Administration of Heparin in Elderly Women
LCDR Walter V. R. Vieweg, MC;
LCDR Robert L. Piscatelli, MC;
LCDR James J. Houser, MC;
CDR Ronald A. Proulx, MC
JAMA. 1970;213(8):1303-1306.
Abstract
A review of two years' experience with heparin therapy administered intravenously in a coronary care unit population revealed that elderly women were particularly susceptible to bleeding episodes. Congestive heart failure may have been a contributing factor. Bleeding into the hip and groin occurred with unusual frequency and may have been due, in part, to parenteral administration into the buttocks of medications other than heparin. The first warning of bleeding occurred on an average of 48 hours before overt evidence of bleeding was noted.
Author Affiliations
USN; USN; USN; USN
From the Department of Medicine, Naval Hospital, Oakland, Calif. LCDR Vieweg is now with the Cardiology Branch, Naval Hospital, NNMC, Bethesda, Md.
Footnotes
The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private ones of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as necessarily reflecting the views of the Medical Department of the Navy or the Naval Service at large.
Reprint requests to Cardiology Branch, Naval Hospital, NNMC, Bethesda, Md 20014 (LCDR Vieweg).
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