Publication Date:
2011-11-18
Description:
Abstract 4669 Background: Thrombocytopenia occurs in 20–45% of critically-ill medical-surgical patients. The ‘4Ts’ HIT score (with 4 domains: Thrombocytopenia, Timing of thrombocytopenia, Thrombosis and oTher reason for thrombocytopenia) might reliably identify patients at low risk of HIT. Agreement on 4Ts scoring is uncertain in this setting. Objective: To compare 4Ts HIT scores among research coordinators (who scored real-time), and 2 adjudicators (who scored retrospectively, independently) during an international heparin thromboprophylaxis trial. Methods: 763 of 3746 medical-surgical ICU patients in PROTECT met enrolment criteria in this HIT substudy, if any of the following occurred: platelets
Print ISSN:
0006-4971
Electronic ISSN:
1528-0020
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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