Boyle Rhonda K
Department of Obstetric Anaesthesia, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and Health Service District, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
Emerg Med Australas. 2007 Jun;19(3):279-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00975.x.
A patient was treated with a therapeutic dose of low-molecular-weight heparin, then required caesarean section immediately following its administration. Reasons for preferring this heparin over unfractionated heparin are acknowledged but not supported for short-term use in an obstetric patient near term.