Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) can be a serious complication of unfractionated heparin therapy. There are two types of HIT: Type I HIT: This form is non-immune mediated. Thrombocytopenia ...

Purpose: A case of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) complicated by warfarin-induced skin necrosis (WISN) is reported. Summary: A patient with a history of hypertension, heart failure ...

Appropriate management, as well as efficacy and safety, of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and prevention of severe consequences with argatroban and lepirudin are discussed. Heparin-induced ...

More information: Meredith G. Parsons et al, Increasing the Diagnostic Utility of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Testing: An Academic Medical Center's Utilization Analysis and Intervention ...

The discovery has shed light on a complex blood interaction that has likely always been present in humans but was unnoticed ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) have discovered that adenovirus, a common virus that causes colds and ...

8. Ahmed I, Majeed A and Powell R. Heparin induced thrombocytopenia: diagnosis and management update. Postgrad Med J 2007; 83(983): 575–582. 9. Arepally GM. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Blood ...

A team of researchers have made a new discovery in the field of hematology, providing an explanation for spontaneous and ...

History of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (HITT). History of thrombocytopenia with pentosan polysulfate. Hypersensitivity to pork products.

Heparins are a group of related compounds comprised of a mixture of glycosaminoglycans usually derived from porcine intestine. They exert their effect by binding to antithrombin, which inhibits ...

The short DNA sequence in purple, [M08s G2]c, is the antidote to prevent severe bleeding in the treatment using the bispecific aptamer Pse08-29 for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

Increased microvesicles have been detected in the circulation in patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, ...