Should vitamin K be administered when HIT is diagnosed after administration of coumarin?

J Thromb Haemost. 2006 Apr;4(4):894-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.01875.x.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Coumarins / therapeutic use*
  • Extremities
  • Gangrene / pathology
  • Heparin / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • International Normalized Ratio
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Thrombocytopenia / chemically induced*
  • Vitamin K / therapeutic use*
  • Warfarin

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Coumarins
  • Vitamin K
  • Warfarin
  • Heparin
  • coumarin