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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2015

A patient with acute myocardial infarction has been administered heparin as a part of complex therapy. Some time after heparin injection the patient developed hematuria. What heparin antagonist should be injected to remove the complication?

Answer options

  1. Protamine sulfate
  2. Neodicumarin
  3. Fibrinogen
  4. Aminocaproic acid
  5. Vicasol
Correct answer

Protamine sulfate

Explanation

Protamine sulfate is a drug that reverses the anticoagulant effects of heparin by binding to it.

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