Thereby, it should be measured for the clotting time or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) during the treatment, coagulation time> 30 minutes or PTT> 100 sec indicates overdose. Immediately stop taking the drugs upon spontaneous bleeding. Upon severe bleeding, we can intravenously inject protamine ...
Despite the critical feature of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) for patients on mechanical circulatory support, reports on its incidence and outcome are still scarce. Thus, we report on clinical features of HIT in patients under Impella 5.0 or 5.5 (Abiomed Inc., Danvers, MA, USA) (Impell...