Hats off to hit: a case report
Oman Medical Journal. 2012; 27 (3): 239-242
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ABSTRACT
Thrombocytopenia is a well- recognized complication of heparin therapy. The diagnosis is mostly clinical and the main value of laboratory testing is in excluding the diagnosis. We describe here a patient with stroke who had aspiration pneumonia leading to sepsis. She developed atrial fibrillation and received heparin which had to be stopped prematurely due to melena. Within 5 days of heparin, she had thrombocytopenia which was heparin-induced thrombocytopenia [HIT], but the diagnosis was missed initially as heparin was no longer on the drug chart
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Asunto principal:
Recuento de Plaquetas
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Pruebas de Función Plaquetaria
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Trombocitopenia
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Heparina
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Anticoagulantes
Tipo de estudio:
Informe de Casos
Límite:
Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Oman Med. J.
Año:
2012
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