Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: An increasingly common cause of bilateral adrenal hemorrhage

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1157-1158

  Rosenberger, Laura H ^a   Smith, Philip W ^b   Sawyer, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN;

ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; BILATERAL ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY STENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENOXAPARIN; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79958844540     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03427.x     Document Type: Letter

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