HEPARIN-ASSOCIATED THROMBOCYTOPENIA TYPE- II - AN UNDERESTIMATED COMPLICATION OF THROMBOEMBOLISM PREVENTION WITH HEPARIN

Authors
OBERST M VIERLING P THIELEMANN F
Citation
M. Oberst et al., HEPARIN-ASSOCIATED THROMBOCYTOPENIA TYPE- II - AN UNDERESTIMATED COMPLICATION OF THROMBOEMBOLISM PREVENTION WITH HEPARIN, Chirurg, 69(2), 1998, pp. 198-203
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Chirurg → ACNP
ISSN journal
00094722
Volume
69
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
198 - 203
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-4722(1998)69:2<198:HTTI-A>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We report four patients who developed heparin-associated thrombocytope nia (HAT) under heparin prophylaxis. One patient showed no clinical si gns, but three had severe complications (white-clot syndrome, acute ad renal failure and loss of limb because of thromboembolic complication) , leading to death in two cases.