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Tag: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

  • Argatroban Nomogram

    Stephan Moll, MD writes…. The treatment of heparin induced thrombocytopenia may require the use of argatroban. Here is the argatroban nomogram  used at our institution, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. Disclosure: I have no financial disclosures relevant to this post. Last updated: June 25th, 2013

  • HIT (Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia)

    A detailed discussion of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) written for patients is available on the Clot Connect Patient blog- connect here. We hope that the health care professional will consider this document to be suitable as an information handout to his/her patients with HIT. The discussion also contains 2 resources for use by the health care provider:

  • HIT = Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia

    What Is HIT? Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a serious side effect that may occur when you are being treated with heparin. It may lead to low blood platelet counts and to life-threatening blood clots.