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ArticleJournal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy2022

A case of severe COVID-19 with pulmonary thromboembolism related to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia during prophylactic anticoagulation therapy.

Kosaku Sasaki, Masayuki Murata, Keiji Nakamura, Yuji Matsumoto, Yuko Nakashima, Sho Yamasaki, Azusa Ota, Satoshi Hiramine, Koji Takayama, Hiroaki Ikezaki and 3 more

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Article in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. COVID-19's immuno-pathology and cardiovascular diseases.Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kosaku SasakiDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Masayuki MurataDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. Electronic address: masayuki.murata.097@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Keiji NakamuraDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yuji MatsumotoDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yuko NakashimaDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Sho YamasakiDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Azusa OtaDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Satoshi HiramineDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Koji TakayamaDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Hiroaki IkezakiDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kazuhiro ToyodaDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Eiichi OgawaDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nobuyuki ShimonoDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kyushu University Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 53-year-old male Japanese patient with COVID-19 was admitted to our hospital after his respiratory condition worsened on day 9 of the disease. With the diagnosis of severe COVID-19, treatment with remdesivir, dexamethasone, and unfractionated heparin was started for the prevention of thrombosis. Although the patient's respiratory status data improved after treatment, severe respiratory failure persisted. Thrombocytopenia and D-dimer elevation were observed on day 8 after heparin therapy initiation. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) antibody measured by immunological assay was positive, and contrast computed tomography showed pulmonary artery thrombus. The patient was diagnosed with HIT because the pre-test probability score (4Ts score) for HIT was 7 points. Heparin was changed to apixaban, a direct oral anticoagulant, which resulted in a reduction of the pulmonary thrombus and improvement of the respiratory failure. In patients with COVID-19, anticoagulant therapy with heparin requires careful monitoring of thrombocytopenia and elevated D-dimer as possible complications related to HIT. (151/250 words).

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentPulmonary EmbolismRespiratory InsufficiencyThrombocytopeniaThrombosisAnticoagulantsHeparinHumansMaleMiddle AgedAnticoagulantsHeparin4T's scoreAnticoagulation therapyCOVID-19Heparin-induced thrombocytopeniaHIT antibodySARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID35570112
PMCPMC9091339
OpenAlexW4280529196

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