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What is the correct enoxaparin dosing strategy for a 215kg patient with acute pulmonary embolism, and what evidence supports it?
By Tripdatabase.
Abstract
The correct enoxaparin dosing strategy for a 215 kg patient with acute pulmonary embolism is 215 mg every 12 hours or 322.5 mg once daily, based on actual body weight, with careful monitoring for side effects given the high weight.
Keywords
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- enoxaparin
- anticoagulant dosing
- acute pulmonary embolism
- obesity
- weight-based dosing
- low molecular weight heparin