Article
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia in Patients with COVID-19
2021-02-09
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Acute respiratory and renal failure as well as systemic coagulopathy are critical aspects of the morbidity and mortality in patients with COVID-19. Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) occurs when IgG antibodies form against platelet factor 4-Heparin complex, resulting in platelet activation and removal, leading to a prothrombotic state. Studies have shown that only 6% who...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7c8e28c4-f90e-534a-af64-4d05ae8c650d
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-194846/v1
