HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA CAUSING LIFE-THREATENING POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE

Authors
RICE P DACE S MCMULLIN MF CLEMENTS WDB
Citation
P. Rice et al., HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA CAUSING LIFE-THREATENING POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE, British journal of clinical practice, 50(7), 1996, pp. 404-405
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British journal of clinical practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070947
Volume
50
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
404 - 405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0947(1996)50:7<404:HTCLP>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Heparin is ubiquitously employed in surgery in the prevention and trea tment of thromboembolic disorders, A small but significant number of p atients receiving heparin develop thrombocytopenia and are at risk of both serious thromboembolic disease and haemorrhage, A case is reporte d where a young woman developed life-threatening postoperative haemorr hage associated with heparin induced thrombocytopenia.