Resumen

RUIZ DOMINGUEZ, Rosario  y  ANDRADE ANAGUA, Alberto. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2010, vol.26, n.1, pp.46-53. ISSN 0864-0289.

To determine the relation between heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) as well as the development of thromboembolism events in patients admitted in Hospital Obrero No. 1, La Paz, Bolivia. A cross-sectional and prospective study was conducted with follow-up in 258 patients admitted in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Surgery departments of No. 1 Worker Hospital of Health National Fund. The HIT frequency of presentation was of 8.5 % with a mean of presentation at 8 days without statistically significant association between HIT and the thromboembolism complications (p< 0.05).

Palabras clave : Heparin; heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; thrombosis; thrombosis; 4-antiplatelet factor antibodies.

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