Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia presenting as bilateral adrenal hemorrhages

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 492-494

  Warkentin, Theodore E ^a   Safyan, Eric L ^b   Linkins, Lori Ann ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIXABAN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RIVAROXABAN; SEROTONIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADRENAL DISEASE; BLEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84921881363     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1414161     Document Type: Letter

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