Plasmapheresis May Be an Option in Urgent Management of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in the Setting of Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 140-145

  Iluonakhamhe, Emitseilu ^a   Ibekwe, Oluchukwu ^a   Samuel, Sophie ^a   Zakaria, Asma ^a  

^a U T Psychiatry Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Heparin antibody enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Heparin induced platelet aggregation; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROCEDURES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84939879858     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-014-0052-2     Document Type: Article

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