Immobilization and high platelet count are associated with thromboembolic complications in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

Juliane BolbrinkerEdeltraut GarbeAntonios DourosMatthias HuberElisabeth BronderAndreas KlimpelFrank AndersohnOliver MeyerAbdulgabar SalamaReinhold Kreutz

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2017)

Immobilization and a high platelet count (with a low effect size) are additional risk factors of thromboembolic complications in the course of HIT.

Keyphrases

risk factors
peripheral blood
high glucose
venous thromboembolism
diabetic rats
growth factor
drug induced
oxidative stress
endothelial cells