Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the critically ill: Interpreting the 4Ts test in a randomized trial

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 470.e7-470.e15

  Crowther, Mark ^a   Cook, Deborah ^a   Guyatt, Gordon ^a   Zytaruk, Nicole ^a,d   McDonald, Ellen ^a   Williamson, David ^a   Albert, Martin ^a,j   Dodek, Peter ^a,q   Finfer, Simon ^a,ai   Vallance, Shirley ^a,ah   Heels Ansdell, Diane ^a   McIntyre, Lauralyn ^a,h   Mehta, Sangeeta ^a,k   Lamontagne, Francois ^a,z   Muscedere, John ^a,n   Jacka, Michael ^a,v   Lesur, Olivier ^a,z   Kutsiogiannis, Jim ^a   Friedrich, Jan ^a   Klinger, James R ^a   Qushmaq, Ismael ^a   Burry, Lisa ^a   Khwaja, Kosar ^a,x,aa   Sheppard, Jo Ann ^a   Warkentin, Theodore E ^a   Tkaczyk, Andrea ^a,d   Clarke, France ^a   Hall, Rickand ^b   Rocker, Graeme ^b   Julien, Lisa ^b   Wright, Debbie ^b   Roy, Caroline ^b,f   Theriault, Judy ^b   Pleasance, Susan ^b   Meade, Maureen ^c   Hand, Lori ^c   Freitag, Andreas ^d   Wynne, Christine ^d   Duffett, Mark ^d   Kho, Michelle ^d   Granton, John ^e   Matte, Andrea ^e,s   Farias, Paulina ^e   Chu, Leslie ^e   Brockest, Nancy ^e   Go, Stephanie ^e   McGrath Chong, Margaret ^e   Dennis, Madison ^e,s   Lipkus, Marc ^e   Stern, Emily ^e   Albert, Ryan ^e   Langevin, Stephan ^f   Lauzier, Francois ^f   Turgeon, Alexis F ^f   Blais, Martine ^f   Beauparlant, Maxime ^f   Asselin, Julie ^f   Gagne, Chantal ^f   Thibodeau, Marie ^f   Poirier, Germain ^g   Neas, Isabelle ^g   Spearson, Sandrine ^g   Hebert, Paul ^h   Watpool, Irene ^h   McArdle, Tracy ^h   Gaudert, Claude ^h   Marchand, Paule ^h   Davidson, Carson ^h   Pagliarello, Joe ^h   Lewis, Mary Jo ^h   Murphy, Erin ^h   Foxall, Julia ^h   Skrobik, Yoanna ⁱ   Harvey, Johanne ⁱ   Chitu, Stefania ⁱ   Sirois, Carole ^j,x,aa   Nadon, Carole ^j   Dolle, Stephanie ^j   Gosselin, Audrey Anne ^j   Deroy, Patrice ^j   Ethier, Cheryl ^k   Tirgari, Sam ^k   Steinberg, Lindsay ^k   McDonald, Rod ^k   Sivanantham, Vidhya ^k   Bandayrel, Kristofer ^k   Quittnat Pelletier, Friederike ^k   Kramer Kile, Marnie ^k   Brown, Maedean ^k   Kim, Scott ^k   Fowler, Robert ^l   Marinoff, Nicole ^l   Code, Karen ^l   Bojilov, Boris ^l   Parsotam, Derek ^l   Marshall, John ^m   Smith, Orla ^m   Fry, Beth ^m   Porretta, Kerri ^m   Lee, Yoon ^m   Morrissey, Jeanna ^m   Wen, Victoria ^m   Fleury, Susan ⁿ   Godfrey, Nicole ⁿ   Hammond, Sharlene ⁿ   Mann, Elizabeth ⁿ   Myers, Monica ⁿ   Robinson, Amber ⁿ   Keenan, Sean ^o,af   Reynolds, Steven ^o,af   Svetik, Miroslav ^o   Osch, Mary Van ^o   Chittock, Dean ^p   Dhingra, Vinay ^p   Gardner, Maureen ^p   Logie, Susan ^p   Foster, Denise ^p   Autio, Roger ^p   Davies, Dara ^p   Ganz, Pia ^p   Smith, Laurie ^p   Ashley, Betty Jean ^q   Mans, Sheilagh ^q,af   Doig, Chip ^r,w   Knox, Linda ^r,w   Wilson, Crystal ^r,w   Champagne, Kevin ^r,w   Ferguson, Niall ^s   Stevenson, James ^s   Elman, Joel ^s   Kutsogiannis, Jim ^t   Thompson, Patrica ^t   Whalen, Norine ^t   Lellouche, Francois ^u   Ferland, Marie Claude ^u   Dussault, Patrick ^u   Jacob, Caroline ^u   Morneau, Marie Eve ^u   Laberge, Nancy ^u   Karachi, Tim ^d   Irwin, Marleen ^v   Chan, Carmen ^v   Sonnema, Leeca ^v   Marsh, Kelly ^v   Maurer, Jennifer ^v   Kreidl, Tamara ^v   Varden, Candice ^v   Kinjerski, Carey ^v   Banici, Laura ^x,aa   Havell, Lena ^x,aa   Wood, Gordon ^y   Auld, Fiona ^y   Atkins, Leslie ^y   Proulx, Sandra ^z   Hollinger, Gerald ^ab   Shende, Vasanti ^ab   Belcastro, Vanessa ^ab   Plaxton, Bill ^ac   Foss, Anders ^ac   Paunovic, Bojan ^ad   Wiebe, Kym ^ad   Marten, Nicole ^ad   Eisenstat, Jonathan ^ae   Doerle, Tammy ^ae   Sharpe, Michael ^ag   Madady, Mona ^ag   Cooper, Jamie ^ah   Davies, Andrew ^ah   Weatherburn, Cindy ^ah   Board, Jasmin ^ah   Bennett, Victoria ^ah   Ramakrishnan, Naresh ^ai   Bird, Simon ^ai   Potter, Julie ^ai   O'Connor, Anne ^ai   Ankers, Susan ^ai   Cade, Jack ^aj   Barge, Deborah ^aj   Caf, Tania ^aj   Howe, Belinda ^aj,al   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^ak   Eastwood, Glenn ^ak   Peck, Leah ^ak   Goldsmith, Donna ^ak   O'Sullivan, Kim ^ak   Ernest, David ^al   Radford, Sam ^al   Whitfield, Ann ^al   Cross, Anthony ^al   Eliott, Suzanne ^al   Sidhu, Jaspreet ^al   Mercer, Inga ^al   Hamilton, Angela ^al   Botha, John ^am   Vuat, Jodi ^am   Allsop, Sharon ^am   Fowler, Nina ^am   Crozier, Tim ^an   Barrett, Jonathan ^an   Wright, Chris ^an   Galt, Pauline ^an   Culhane, Carly ^an   Ioannidis, Rebecca ^an   Burton, Sue ^an   Reily, Marnie ^an   Weeraratna, Cyveen ^an   Seppelt, Ian ^ao   Weisbrodt, Leonie ^ao   Bond, Robyn ^ao   Evans, David ^ap   Rivett, Justine ^ap   O'Connor, Stephanie ^ap   Poole, Alex ^ap   Woolfe, Clive ^aq   Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn ^aq   Rees, Caitlin ^aq   Edington, John ^ar   Fletcher, Jason ^ar   Smith, Julie ^ar   Boschert, Catherine ^ar   Reece, Graham ^as   Sara, Treena ^as   Nand, Kiran ^as   Bersten, Andrew ^at   Gallus, Alex ^at   Matheson, Elisha ^at   O'Callaghan, Margie ^at   Orford, Neil ^au   Elderkin, Tania ^au   Fraser, Melissa ^au   Bone, Allison ^au   Salerno, Tania ^au   Kinmonth, Anne ^au   Arora, Subhash ^av   O'Bree, Bridget ^av   Shepherd, Katherine ^av   Davey Quinn, Alan ^aw   Sterba, Martin ^aw   Johnson, Bronwyn Ruth ^aw   Xu, Renee ^aw   Hill, Francisco ^aw   Ramadoss, Rajaram ^ax   Wood, Josette ^ax   more..

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

ⁱ MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^k MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^m ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁿ KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^o ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^p VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^q ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^r FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^s TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^t ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^u LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^x MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^y VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^z Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

^aa ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ab Guelph General Hospital   (Canada)

^ac GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ad ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ae LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^af SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ag LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^ah ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ai ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^aj ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ak AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^al BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^am FRANKSTON HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^an MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^ao NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ap ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^aq ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ar Australia   (Australia)

^as BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^at FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^au GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^av DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^aw WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ax LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Critical care; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Intensive care unit; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN; HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

4T SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRETEST PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN RELEASE ASSAY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; TIME;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLATELET COUNT; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899971959     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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