Special instructions for use / side effects Due to the increased risk of bleeding and the kidney dysfunctions that increase with age, treatment of older patients (over 75 years of age) should be carried out with caution. Arixtra® must also not be used in children and adolescents under 17 years of age. Patients with a … Special instructions for use / side effects | Arixtra®
Basics Blood thinners are colloquially referred to as all drugs that interfere with blood clotting in various ways. However, the blood does not become thinner, it just coagulates more heavily. Clotting is an essential function of the blood and ensures that the bleeding is quickly stopped when injuries occur. In some situations, however, a targeted … Blood Thinner
Laboratory An important component of long-term treatment with a blood thinner is the laboratory control of blood coagulation. The central blood value is the Quick or INR value. However, the determination of this value is only useful for treatment with Marcumar® or warfarin. Both values provide information about the extent of blood dilution, whereby the … Laboratory | Blood Thinner
Contraindications Blood thinners of any kind should not be taken if there is an increased risk of bleeding. These include, for example, congenital diseases of the coagulation system or gastrointestinal bleeding. Surgery should also not be carried out under Marcumar®, so that 2 weeks before and after the planned operation, no surgery should be performed. … Contraindications | Blood Thinner
Definition Thrombocytes are blood platelets, of which each person carries approximately 150,000 to 350,000 per μl of blood. The thrombocytes perform an important function in blood clotting. Platelets therefore ensure that when a patient cuts himself or herself, the wound is closed again as quickly as possible and with as little blood loss as possible … Blood platelets (thrombocytes)
Platelet aggregation When a vessel is injured, the platelets come into contact with the connective tissue, which normally has no contact with the blood. A coagulation factor, the so-called von Willebrand factor (vWF), can now attach itself to this tissue from the blood. The thrombocyte has special receptors for this factor (vWR) and binds to … Platelet aggregation | Blood platelets (thrombocytes)
Blood count In the small blood count the number of thrombocytes is always determined because they have an important function in the coagulation cascade. The thrombocytes can be recognized here as small blood platelets without a cell nucleus. Compared to the white blood cells (leukocytes) and the red blood cells (erythrocytes) they look tiny and … Blood count | Blood platelets (thrombocytes)
Platelet donation In case of injuries or operations where large blood losses occur or in case of people who cannot produce enough platelets due to their disease(s), it may be necessary to administer platelets from other people, as they cannot be produced artificially. Nowadays this is done in the form of platelet concentrates. The donation … Platelet donation | Blood platelets (thrombocytes)
Introduction A stroke is a life-threatening disease which, despite the best possible therapy, can still lead to serious consequential damage or even death in many cases. Therefore it is useful to better understand the causes and risk factors of the disease in order to reduce the probability of a stroke by early prevention. The different … Causes of a stroke
Causes of stroke in babies Approximately 300 children and young people are diagnosed with a stroke in Germany every year. While many of the causes of these rare strokes have not yet been sufficiently clarified, hereditary coagulation disorders in particular can now be identified as the main cause. The symptoms of a stroke at a … Causes of stroke in babies | Causes of a stroke
Introduction Sport and regular exercise are good for the cardiovascular system and can provide effective relief for patients with atrial fibrillation. There are recent studies confirming that in people with atrial fibrillation, an increase in fitness can lead to a significant improvement in symptoms. Exercise counteracts obesity, heart complaints and vascular calcification, the risk factors … Is it allowed to do sports with atrial fibrillation?
Can sports with atrial fibrillation be fatal? In Germany, several hundred people die every year during sports from sudden cardiac death due to cardiac arrhythmia. However, it is usually the ventricular fibrillation that is responsible for this, not the atrial fibrillation. This is particularly the case in people who have not yet been diagnosed with … Can sports with atrial fibrillation be fatal? | Is it allowed to do sports with atrial fibrillation?
