Research Article

Monitoring Unfractionated Heparin in Adult Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO): ACT, APTT, or ANTI-XA?

Table 2

Correlation between ACT, APTT, anti-Xa values, and concurrent heparin dosing.

Correlation coefficient spearmanAllNormal antithrombin level

APTT vs. anti-Xa0.72 ()0.80 ()
ACT vs. anti-Xa0.33 ()0.40 ()
APTT vs. UFH dose0.14 ()0.62 ()
ACT vs. UFH doseāˆ’0.03 ()0.16 ()
Anti-Xa vs. UFH dose0.39 ()0.57 ()