Word: dicumarol
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...several days coronary patients may be kept in an oxygen tent in an effort to reduce strain on the heart and avoid possible complications in the lungs. They also get Dicumarol or a similar anticoagulant which reduces the danger of extension of the thrombus and formation of circulation-blocking clots...
...bedside blood test that any family doctor can perform in a couple of minutes has been devised by George Washington University researchers for victims of certain kinds of heart and artery diseases. Hitherto, treatment with anticlotting drugs like Dicumarol and Tromexan meant that patients had to go to a hospital every day; the simplified test means that the drugs can be used more conveniently for more cases...