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#53 Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: 5 Pearls Segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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Are You Using Warfarin in Patients With Acute Hit?

The 2018 Ash guidelines strongly recommend against starting warfarin until the platelet count recovers to above 150,000. Patients with it really need their protein C to prevent thrombosis. There have been terrible cases of patients with hit being treated with warfarin and developing limb gangrene.

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