Clinical haematology · UKMLA & AKT
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
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- HIT is an immune-mediated complication of heparin in which IgG antibodies against PF4-heparin complexes cause paradoxical thrombosis despite a falling platelet count. The dominant risk is thrombosis, not haemorrhage.
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