Adequate Management of Heparin-Associated Thrombocytopenia
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Adequate management of heparin-associated thrombocytopenia.
This article is also accessible online at: http://BioMedNet.com/karger Dear Sir, In a recent issue of Nephron Berlot and Lucchese [1] reported their management of heparin-associated thrombocytopenia (HAT) during continuous venovenous hemofiltration. They described a case of rapid onset of severe thrombocytopenia after initiating intravenous heparin therapy and stated ‘that the diagnostic criter...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephron
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1660-8151,2235-3186
DOI: 10.1159/000044890