Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia: Case Presentation and Review

Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an adverse effect of heparin therapy with possibly devastating consequences. We present a case of HIT Type II. An in-depth review of HIT is presented, examining the important clinical symptoms and diagnostic indicators. The treatment of HIT is then discussed...

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Autores principales: Cohen, Ronny A., Castellano, Mariely, Garcia, Christine A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22383932
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr751w
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description Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an adverse effect of heparin therapy with possibly devastating consequences. We present a case of HIT Type II. An in-depth review of HIT is presented, examining the important clinical symptoms and diagnostic indicators. The treatment of HIT is then discussed, with an emphasis on current therapies. An extensive literature review has been performed to present a comprehensive review of the causes, pathophysiology and treatment of HIT. KEYWORDS: Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Anticoagulation; PF4; HIT
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spelling pubmed-32795062012-03-01 Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia: Case Presentation and Review Cohen, Ronny A. Castellano, Mariely Garcia, Christine A. J Clin Med Res Case Report Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an adverse effect of heparin therapy with possibly devastating consequences. We present a case of HIT Type II. An in-depth review of HIT is presented, examining the important clinical symptoms and diagnostic indicators. The treatment of HIT is then discussed, with an emphasis on current therapies. An extensive literature review has been performed to present a comprehensive review of the causes, pathophysiology and treatment of HIT. KEYWORDS: Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Anticoagulation; PF4; HIT Elmer Press 2012-02 2012-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3279506/ /pubmed/22383932 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr751w Text en Copyright 2012, Cohen et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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