The utility of pre-test clinical scoring for clinical diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in cardiac surgery patients of a tertiary care centre in North India

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-235

  Sachan, D ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Agarwal, P ^a   Chaudhary, R ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Heparin; Scoring; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; HEPARIN PLATELET FACTOR 4 ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART SURGERY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRETEST CLINICAL SCORING; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INDIA; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 79960133546     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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