Heparin bridging during the resumption of anticoagulation post-intracranial hemorrhage may be linked to an increased risk for bleeding.

Among those who stopped taking warfarin, 16% received "bridging therapy" with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH; enoxaparin) given 24 hours before colonoscopy and restarted the morning after the ...

Postoperative thromboembolism occurred in 0.7% of cases, none of these had received bridging heparin therapy. Eighty per cent of patients had warfarin therapy withheld for 5 days or fewer. Major ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(1):36-42. a IPC = intermittent pneumatic compression, VTE = venous thromboembolism, OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval. Results not statistically ...