Low Molecular Weight Heparin Induced Skin Necrosis without Platelet Fall Revealing Immunoallergic Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia

Low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) are commonly used in the ICU setting for thromboprophylaxis as well as curative decoagulation as required during renal replacement therapy (RRT). A rare adverse event revealing immunoallergic LMWH induced thro...

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Main Authors: Thomas Godet, Sébastien Perbet, Aurélien Lebreton, Guillaume Gayraud, Sophie Cayot, Aymeric Tremblay, Aurélie Ravinet, Sébastien Christophe, Renaud Guérin, Julien Pascal, Matthieu Jabaudon, Amr Hassan, Anne-Françoise Sapin, Jean-Etienne Bazin, Jean-Michel Constantin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/849168