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00:52 Intro (shoutuout to the BSH anticoagulant monitoring guidelines)

02:15 Practical relevance of testing and monitoring anticoagulants 

07:30 Heparin: The Basics 

09:00 Unfractionated Heparin vs. Low Molecular Weight Heparin 

10:24 Mechanism of action of Heparin (UfH vs. LMWH)

• LMWH: more Anti-Xa activity
• UfH Anti-IIa acitivity = Anti-Xa activity

15:30 Pharmacokinetic differences (UfH vs. LMWH)

23:28 Unfractionated Heparin uses and monitoring

34:34 Anti Xa Assay

42:32 Activated Clotting Time (POCT)

46:56 Anti Xa in LMWH: Practical considerations

52:03 LMWH uses and dosing

55:30 Summary

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