For patients with either NSTEMI or STEMI, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines recommend that intravenous unfractionated heparin (UFH) be dosed by weight ...
It is used throughout the hospital for NSTEMI and STEMI patients. It has been in place for a while, so we started there. Our heparin standing order form calls for an initial dose of 80 U/kg IV ...