Abstract
Thrombocytopenia is a well- recognized complication of heparin therapy. The diagnosis is mostly clinical and the main value of laboratory testing is in excluding the diagnosis. We describe here a patient with stroke who had aspiration pneumonia leading to sepsis. She developed atrial fibrillation and received heparin which had to be stopped prematurely due to melena. Within 5 days of heparin, she had thrombocytopenia which was heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), but the diagnosis was missed initially as heparin was no longer on the drug chart.
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- DOI
- 10.5001/omj.2012.54
- Journal
- Oman Medical Journal
- Publisher
- Oman Medical Specialty Board
- Open access
- Gold open access
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APA 7
Ahmad, A. S., Al-Layla, D. J., & Dhinakar, M. (2012). Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report. Oman Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2012.54
MLA 9
Ahmad, Akhwand Shakeel, et al. "Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report." Oman Medical Journal, 2012. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2012.54.
Chicago (author–date)
Ahmad, Akhwand Shakeel, Dhia Jaber Al-Layla, and Manjula Dhinakar. 2012. "Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report." Oman Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2012.54.
Harvard
Ahmad, A. S., Al-Layla, D. J. and Dhinakar, M. (2012) 'Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report', Oman Medical Journal. doi:10.5001/omj.2012.54.
Vancouver
Ahmad AS, Al-Layla DJ, Dhinakar M. Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report. Oman Medical Journal. 2012. doi:10.5001/omj.2012.54
IEEE
A. S. Ahmad, D. J. Al-Layla, and M. Dhinakar, "Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report," Oman Medical Journal, 2012, doi: 10.5001/omj.2012.54.