Bio-responsive polymer architectures can empower medical therapies by engaging molecular feedback-response mechanisms resembling the homeostatic adaptation of living tissues to varying environmental ...

Critical pathways exist in many hospitals for treating patients with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Some pathways call for “baseline laboratory studies,” including ...

Since the treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation consists of delaying the coagulation cascade by using low doses of anticoagulants, a group of authors from Sirio-Libanes Hospital in São ...

Blood coagulation is a balancing act. Too much clotting can lead to strokes. But not enough clotting can lead to uncontrolled bleeding. That balance is particularly important for patients with ...

Warfarin is a derivative of coumarin which interferes with the cyclic interconversion of vitamin K and its epoxide. Vitamin K is an important factor in the normal function of the coagulation system.

There is a common misconception that ischemic limb necrosis results only from thrombosis or thromboembolism involving limb arteries, with loss of arterial pulses. Yet ischemic limb gangrene can also ...

To the Editor: Although Connolly et al. (Sept. 17 issue) 1 have demonstrated a modest advantage for dabigatran over warfarin in atrial fibrillation, we think the benefit could be even greater.