Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis: Incidence, analysis of risk factors, and clinical outcomes in 108 consecutive patients treated at a single institution

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-16

  Nand, Sucha ^a   Wong, Warren ^a   Yuen, Benjamin ^a   Yetter, Andrew ^a   Schmulbach, Edwin ^a   Fisher, Susan Gross ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heparin; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXTRAN; DEXTRAN 40; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; STREPTOKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030983928     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199709)56:1<12::AID-AJH3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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