Use of therapeutic plasma exchange in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: A population-based study.

Alexandre Soares Ferreira JúniorStephen H BoyleMaragatha KuchibhatlaTomi AkinyemijuOluwatoyosi Adefunke Onwuemene

Published in: Journal of clinical apheresis (2021)

TPE's association with increased bleeding and a prolonged hospital course indicates that it is being used in HIT cases with a severe clinical phenotype. Future studies are needed to better characterize the HIT phenotype that will most benefit from TPE.

Keyphrases

drug induced
high glucose
diabetic rats
venous thromboembolism
healthcare
current status
early onset
growth factor
acute care
oxidative stress
adverse drug
emergency department