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9 Things to Monitor When Taking Medication for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)

Conquering CHD

Blood Thinning Medications such as anticoagulants and antiplatelets help prevent blood clots. Therefore, it is important to monitor your blood-clotting time and check for any signs of bleeding. Related Article: Medications for Congenital Heart Disease: What Every Parent Should Know Give Hope 365 Days a Year.

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Medications for Congenital Heart Disease: What Every Parent Should Know

Conquering CHD

Anticoagulants WHAT THEY DO : Anticoagulant therapy is important for preventing blood clots in children with congenital heart disease. These medications work by thinning the blood to reduce the risk of blockages that can cause serious complications. Aspirin helps prevent blood clots by reducing the stickiness of platelets.

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ECMO May Offer Sickest COVID Patients Chance for ‘Exceptional Survival’

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Critical Care

For a copy of The Annals article, contact Jennifer Bagley at 312-202-5865 or jbagley@sts.org. The Society’s mission is to advance cardiothoracic surgeons’ delivery of the highest quality patient care through collaboration, education, research, and advocacy. It has an impact factor of 4.33.

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The Florida Study and the public health hypocrites

Dr. Anish Koka

Perfect knowledge doesn't exist in medicine, but the ‘safe and effective’ tag was a reasonable educated guess. Twitter briefly deleted the Surgeon General’s tweet for violating “the Twitter rules” of service before reversing itself on the same day. that actual journalist Paul Thacker chronicles well.