True or False: Enoxaparin dosage is directed by monitoring aPTT levels
Explain your answer.
False. Low-molecular-weight heparins, such as enoxaparin, do not require any laboratory monitoring
because of their greater affinity for factor Xa (compared with heparin, which is monitored by aPTT
levels when given intravenously).
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