Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia suspected because of repeated hemofiltration filter clotting

Intensive Care Med. 2007 Jul;33(7):1305-1307. doi: 10.1007/s00134-007-0657-4. Epub 2007 May 5.

Authors

Sigismond Lasocki¹, Nadine Ajzenberg², Hervé Quintard³, Gaetan Plantefève³, Jean-Marie Desmonts³, Philippe Montravers³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, AP-HP, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75877, Paris, Cedex 18, France. sigismond@lasocki.com.
² Department of Hematology, AP-HP, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75877, Paris, Cedex 18, France.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, AP-HP, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75877, Paris, Cedex 18, France.

PMID: 17483929
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0657-4

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Hemofiltration / instrumentation*
Heparin / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Thrombocytopenia / chemically induced*
Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis*

Substances

Heparin