Abstract
Objective To discuss the clinical efficacy of low dose heparins and low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) in the treatment of severe traumatic disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Methods A total of 77 trauma patients (APACHE Ⅱ score for 5-10) with secondary DIC in ICU were included and randomly assigned to three groups,ie,Group A (26 patients,subcutaneously injected with LMWHs at doses of 75-150 U · kg-1 · d-1,with the average incipient dose of 4 000 U/d),Group B (25 patients,subcutaneously injected with heparins at doses of 100-250 U · kg-1 · d-1,with the average incipient dose of 5000 U/d and control group (26 patients,supplemented with simple blood coagulation factor).The injection volume was adjusted according to the level of antithrombin Ⅲ ( ATⅢ ) in each group.Within 28 days in ICU,the three groups were compared in aspects of deaths,hospital day,bleeding rate,thrombin time (TT),prothrombin time (PT),activation part thrombin time ( APTT),fibrinogen (Fg),antithrombin Ⅲ ( AT Ⅲ ) and D-dimer. Results ( 1 ) The differences of mortality were both insignificant in the control group comparel with Group A and Group B respectively at day 28 ( P < 0.05 ).(2) The ICU stay of three groups showed significant differences ( P < 0.01 ),with longer stay of Groups A and B than control group ( P < 0.01 ) and longer stay of Group A than Group B ( P < 0.05 ).( 3 ) Except for AT Ⅲ ( P < 0.01 ),other blood coagulation indices showed no significant difference among three groups.(4) The differences of bleeding rate were not significant between Group A and control group (P > 0.05),but significant between Group B and control group (p < 0.05 ).(5) Related factor analysis indicated significant relationship between AT Ⅲ level and bleeding rate (P <0.01 ).Conclusions Low dose heparins and LMWHs are beneficial to controlling traumatic DIC,but the heparin therapy adjusted by the level of AT Ⅲ with marked correlation bleeding rate shows lower bleeding rate as compared with LMWHs. Key words: Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Heparin,low molecular weight; Mortality
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