BMC anesthesiology
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Meta Analysis
Unfractionated heparin improves the clinical efficacy in adult sepsis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The anticoagulant treatment and clinical efficacy of heparin in sepsis remains controversial. We conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the clinical efficacy of unfractionated heparin (UFH) in adult septic patients. ⋯ This meta-analysis suggests that UFH may reduce 28 d mortality and improve the clinical efficacy in sepsis patients without bleeding adverse effect.