Rare complication of nadroparin injections: Skin necrosis and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome

We described a rare case of nadroparin-induced skin necrosis with thrombocytopenia. LMWH therapy is used in thrombosis prophylaxis, it is important to recognize that skin necrosis can be a part of HIT early in its course and change heparin or LMWH to non-heparin anticoagulants such as direct thrombi...

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Published inClinical case reports Vol. 10; no. 1; p. e05297
Main Authors Malinauskiene, Laura, Aleksandraviciute, Laima, Kryzauskaite, Lina, Savlan, Ilona
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2022
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Summary:We described a rare case of nadroparin-induced skin necrosis with thrombocytopenia. LMWH therapy is used in thrombosis prophylaxis, it is important to recognize that skin necrosis can be a part of HIT early in its course and change heparin or LMWH to non-heparin anticoagulants such as direct thrombin III inhibitors or anti-Xa anticoagulants.
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ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.5297