An unusual case of bilateral pulmonary embolism in a patient on dual venous thromboprophylaxis, secondary to heparin induced thrombocytopenia

Heparin Induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a rare, immune-mediated complication of heparin, associated with both thrombocytopenia and paradoxical thrombotic events. Initial diagnosis is made clinically when platelet count falls by 30% to <100 × 10(9)cells/l or a > 50% decrease from baseline cou...

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Autores principales: Lixon, Antony, Rahman, Ebad Ur, Mohan, Chitra Annie, Bhattarai, Bikas, Schmidt, Frances
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30559950
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1554099

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30559950
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1554099

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