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  2. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia - Wikipedia

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    Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is the development of thrombocytopenia (a low platelet count), due to the administration of various forms of heparin, an anticoagulant. HIT predisposes to thrombosis (the abnormal formation of blood clots inside a blood vessel ).

  3. Thrombocythemia - Wikipedia

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    Laboratory tests might include: full blood count, liver enzymes, renal function and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. [citation needed] If the cause for the high platelet count remains unclear, bone marrow biopsy is often undertaken, to differentiate whether the high platelet count is reactive or essential. [citation needed]

  4. Thrombophilia - Wikipedia

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    Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is due to an immune system reaction against the anticoagulant drug heparin (or its derivatives). [1] Though it is named for associated low platelet counts, HIT is strongly associated with risk of venous and arterial thrombosis. [19]

  5. Thrombosis - Wikipedia

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    Cancer-associated thrombosis can result from: (1) stasis, i.e., direct pressure on blood vessels by the tumor mass, poor performance status, and bed rest following surgical procedures; (2) iatrogenic, due to treatment with antineoplastic medications; and (3) secretion of heparanase from malignant tumors that results in degradation of endogenous ...

  6. Platelet storage pool deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Platelet storage pool deficiency is a family of clotting disorders characterized by deficient granules in platelets.Individuals with these disorders have too few or abnormally functioning alpha granules, delta granules, or both alpha and delta granules and are therefore unable to form effective clots, which leads to prolonged bleeding.

  7. Evans syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Evans syndrome is an autoimmune disease in which an individual's immune system attacks their own red blood cells and platelets, the syndrome can include immune neutropenia. [1] [2] These immune cytopenias may occur simultaneously or sequentially.

  8. Direct thrombin inhibitor - Wikipedia

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    Argatroban (as well as the hirudins) is used for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, a relatively infrequent yet serious complication of heparin treatment that requires anticoagulation (as it increases both arterial and venous thrombosis risk) but not with the causative agent, heparin. [1]

  9. Prothrombin complex concentrate - Wikipedia

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    Platelet factor 4 can cause heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. The package insert states that prothrombin complex concentrate is contraindicated in patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation, a pathological activation of coagulation, [24] because giving clotting factors would only further fuel this process. However, if the PCC is given ...