title: Recognition, treatment, and prevention of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: review and update.
abstract: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is one of the most important life- and limb-threatening adverse drug events encountered by physicians. Serious sequelae associated with HIT can be avoided with early recognition and appropriate treatment. This review examines the recommendations published in 2004 by the American College of Chest Physicians on the recognition, treatment, and prevention of HIT together with more recent data, especially regarding treatment with direct thrombin inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Univerität Greifswald, Institut für Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Germany. greinach@uni-greifswald.de
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greinacher
authors.forename: Theodore E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Warkentin
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000991:Antithrombins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000737:chemistry; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010976:Platelet Count; D010978:Platelet Factor 4 / Q000276:immunology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D000991:Antithrombins; D010978:Platelet Factor 4; D006493:Heparin