Effectiveness of Heparin during Long-Term Tocolysis

Table 4

Side effect of heparin. For the evaluation of side effect of heparin, blood examination was performed. Most of the patients showed no obvious elevation of liver enzyme, no thrombocytopenia, and no prolongation of APTT.

	Before heparin inducement	After heparin inducement	𝑃 value
Plate (×10^3)	25.1±5.9	24.7±6.5	0.787
AST (IU)	17.3±2.0	18.1±5.0	0.706
ALT (IU)	12.3±4.9	14.2±1.3	0.787
APTT %	33.3±2.4	33.9±2.4	0.273