Adrenal haemorrhage due to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 669-675

  Ketha, Siva ^a   Smithedajkul, Patrick ^a   Vella, Adrian ^a   Pruthi, Rajiv ^a   Wysokinski, Waldemar ^a   McBane, Robert ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal haemorrhage; Anticoagulation; Heparin; HIT; Warkentin 4T Score

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; LEPIRUDIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MINERALOCORTICOID; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; WARFARIN;

ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELISA KIT; FEMALE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEROTONIN RELEASE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARFARIN;

EID: 84875963903     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-11-0865     Document Type: Article

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