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Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage due to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia following partial nephrectomy – a case report

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) can cause severe life-threatening events such as bilateral adrenal hemorrhage (BAH). A 48-year-old female developed a pulmonary embolus (PE) following partial nephrectomy. The anticoagulation treatment for her PE was complicated by HIT and subsequent BAH. To th...

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Autores principales: Winter, Ashley G., Ramasamy, Ranjith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24715975
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.3-24.v1