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Aaron Goodman - “Papa Heme”

@AaronGoodman33

Hematologist/Bone marrow transplanter at UCSD/educator - loves teaching all of Twitter medicine, husband+father/Guitar 🎸/Nirvana best band ever!/Loves tacos

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Understand Heparin!

Think of heparin as a lasso rope!
Brings together [ATIII + thrombin], Xa

Results in inhibition of thrombin, Xa

Heparin resistance = ATIII deficiency
Inherited or acquired (after aspariginase)
No ATIII = Heparin can't inhabit thrombin!

Understand Heparin! Think of heparin as a lasso rope! Brings together [ATIII + thrombin], Xa Results in inhibition of thrombin, Xa Heparin resistance = ATIII deficiency Inherited or acquired (after aspariginase) No ATIII = Heparin can't inhabit thrombin!
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