Heparin Monitoring with an Anti-Xa Protocol Compared to Activated Clotting Time in Patients on Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support

BACKGROUND: Temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS) devices are used for patients with severe cardiac or respiratory failure; however, these patients are at high risk for clotting and bleeding. The best method to monitor heparin in these patients has not been established.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the risks for bleeding and clotting while monitoring heparin with either anti-Xa or activated clotting time (ACT) in tMCS patients.

METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on tMCS patients who received heparin adjusted according to an anti-Xa or ACT protocol. The primary outcome was incidence of major bleeding. Pertinent secondary outcomes were individual components of the primary outcome, clotting events, and time to therapeutic range.

RESULTS: There were 103 patients included in the study: 53 in the ACT group and 50 in the anti-Xa group. Overall, there were 30 (56.6%) patients with major bleeding in the ACT group, compared with 16 (32%) patients in the anti-Xa group (P = 0.017). An anti-Xa-based protocol was associated with a decreased hazard of major bleeding (hazard ratio = 0.388 [0.215-0.701]; P = 0.002) in the univariate analysis. In the multivariable analysis, an anti-Xa protocol remained associated with a significantly lower hazard of bleeding. Findings were similar when broken down into more discrete subgroups of the entire cohort, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation life support (ECMO), and non-ECMO groups.

CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE: Anti-Xa monitoring was associated with a lower hazard of bleeding during tMCS compared to an ACT-based protocol. Further studies should evaluate if anti-Xa monitoring should be preferentially used in tMCS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

The Annals of pharmacotherapy - 56(2022), 5 vom: 07. Mai, Seite 513-523

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feih, Joel T [VerfasserIn]
Wallskog, Kirsten E [VerfasserIn]
Rinka, Joseph R G [VerfasserIn]
Juul, Janelle J [VerfasserIn]
Rein, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Gaglianello, Nunzio [VerfasserIn]
Baumann Kreuziger, Lisa M [VerfasserIn]
Joyce, David L [VerfasserIn]
Tawil, Justin N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9005-49-6
Anti-factor Xa
Anticoagulants
Critical care
Hematology
Heparin
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.04.2022

Date Revised 25.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/10600280211039582

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32967031X