Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report

Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report

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 an...

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Main Authors: Akhwand Shakeel Ahmad, Dhia Jaber Al-Layla, Manjula Dhinakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oman Medical Specialty Board 2012-05-01
Series:Oman Medical Journal
Subjects:
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Atrial fibrillation
Stroke.
Online Access:http://www.omjournal.org/fultext_PDF.aspx?DetailsID=244&type=fultext
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spelling doaj-d24cc1cc6096492ca23c83d4dd024ac42020-11-24T23:14:55ZengOman Medical Specialty BoardOman Medical Journal1999-768X2070-52042012-05-01273239242Hats Off to HIT: A Case ReportAkhwand Shakeel AhmadDhia Jaber Al-LaylaManjula DhinakarThrombocytopenia 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.http://www.omjournal.org/fultext_PDF.aspx?DetailsID=244&type=fultextHeparin-induced thrombocytopeniaAtrial fibrillationStroke.
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author Akhwand Shakeel Ahmad
Dhia Jaber Al-Layla
Manjula Dhinakar
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Dhia Jaber Al-Layla
Manjula Dhinakar
Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report
Oman Medical Journal
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Atrial fibrillation
Stroke.
author_facet Akhwand Shakeel Ahmad
Dhia Jaber Al-Layla
Manjula Dhinakar
author_sort Akhwand Shakeel Ahmad
title Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report
title_short Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report
title_full Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report
title_fullStr Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Hats Off to HIT: A Case Report
title_sort hats off to hit: a case report
publisher Oman Medical Specialty Board
series Oman Medical Journal
issn 1999-768X
2070-5204
publishDate 2012-05-01
description 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.
topic Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Atrial fibrillation
Stroke.
url http://www.omjournal.org/fultext_PDF.aspx?DetailsID=244&type=fultext
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