Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is the most frequent and the most important idiosyncratic haematological drug reaction. It is important for several reasons: first, because heparin is used so often, and the frequency of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is high, the risk of a hospitalized patient developing heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is high. Second, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia poses a major therapeutic dilemma for the clinician - …