Original GlobalRPh source
- Product / population
- Preserved GlobalRPh source, not a freshly verified product label
- Renal measure
- Use the method specified in the original source
Historical source: not automatically current. Review current official labeling and separately attributed additions before use.
Usual Dosing (Adults)
Dosing and Administration
For patients who do not have HIT/HITTS: PCI/PTCA: 0.75 mg/kg intravenous (IV) bolus dose followed by a 1.75 mg/kg/h IV infusion for the duration of the procedure. Perform activated clotting time (ACT) test 5 minutes post-bolus dose. If needed, give an additional bolus of 0.3 mg/kg. After PCI/PTCA, IV infusion may be continued for up to 4 hours, after which a rate of 0.2 mg/kg/h can be used for up to 20 more hours, if needed.
Consider glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (GPI) administration with procedural complications.
For patients who have HIT/HITTS: The recommended dose of Angiomax in patients with HIT/HITTS undergoing PCI is an IV bolus of 0.75 mg/kg. This should be followed by an infusion at a rate of 1.75 mg/kg/h for the duration of the procedure. After PCI/PTCA, IV infusion may be continued for up to 4 hours, after which a rate of 0.2 mg/kg/h can be used for up to 20 more hours, if needed.
For patients with Renal Impairment: No reduction in bolus dose required. Consider reduction of the rate of infusion to 1 mg/kg/hour for CrCL <30 mL/min or 0.25 mg/kg/hour if on dialysis.
Renal Dosing
Initial bolus dose remains unchanged. Monitor activated coagulation time (ACT).
[>30 ml/min]: No adjustment required
[10-29 ml/min]: Decrease infusion rate to 1 mg/kg/hour.
Hemodialysis
Dialysis-dependent patients (off dialysis): Decrease infusion rate to 0.25 mg/kg/hour. No reduction in the bolus dose is needed.