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SUBMITTER: Pannucci CJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5048076 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of surgery case reports 20160925
<h4>Introduction</h4>Enoxaparin prophylaxis prevents venous thromboembolism in surgical patients. Real time anti-Factor Xa monitoring for surgical patients on enoxaparin prophylaxis is increasingly common.<h4>Presentation of cases</h4>We report on three cancer patients with therapeutic or supratherapeutic anti-Factor Xa levels while on prophylactic doses of enoxaparin after surgical procedures. In all cases, elevated anti-Factor Xa levels were the result of blood specimens being removed from a h ...[more]