Mariotti, Barbara and Rossi, Paolo and Barboni, Enrico (2014) Can this be considered a Fondaparinux-induced Thrombocytopenia? European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 1 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
We present a case of an old woman with previously documented heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), treated with fondaparinux, who presented with thrombocytopenia and venous thrombosis after exposure to a preventive dose of fondaparinux during orthopaedic surgery. Any accidental exposure to heparin was avoided. Other causes of thrombocytopenia were excluded and antigenic tests combined with clinical probability made a diagnosis of HIT likely. Can this be considered a possible case of fondaparinux-related HIT, despite the intense and early decrease in platelets, as usually happens in rapid-onset HIT, and the fact that previous exposure to fondaparinux had occurred 5 months previously?
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Thrombosis, thrombocitopenia |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2016 15:45 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Sep 2016 15:45 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/14975 |
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