CHEST Guidelines-Executive-Summary-Correction

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The errata address a mistake found in the American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, 9th edition, regarding antithrombotic therapy in neonates and children. Specifically, the error pertains to recommendation 2.11 concerning the dosing of unfractionated heparin (UFH) for patients with peripheral arterial catheters. The original text mistakenly recommended a UFH continuous infusion rate of 0.5 units per milliliter (u/ml) at a flow rate of 1 milliliter per hour (ml/hr). The corrected recommendation states that UFH should be administered at a rate of 5 u/ml at 1 ml/hr, maintaining a Grade 1A evidence level. This error was identified in the guidelines published in "Chest 2012;141(2)(Suppl):e737S-e801S" on pages e739S, e763S, and reflected in the Executive Summary on page 42S. These changes have been rectified in the online version of the document to ensure accuracy in clinical practice.

Keywords

errata

American College of Chest Physicians

antithrombotic therapy

neonates

unfractionated heparin

peripheral arterial catheters

guidelines correction

Grade 1A evidence

Chest journal

clinical practice