Anaesthesia in the Newborn

INTRAMUSCULAR HEPARINMEDIBAJm!HNAL 1419 rate.Even after twelve hours the delay of clotting is still adequate when judged by the criterion previously stated.The problem of long-term anticoagulant therapy with intramuscular heparin was also studied in the same way.Fig. 3 shows the dosage of heparin and the delay in clot- ting times in one patient over a period of four days.An initial dose of 37,500 units of heparin was given intramuscularly, followed by injections of 25,000 units (1 ml. of solution) twelve-hourly.The delay of clotting was satisfactory CLOTTING S DELAY (m;ues ) *, 4...