The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
			FROM
ISSUE1391
   				ISSUE1391
May 28, 2012
                		
                	Choice of Drugs for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
					
					
                | Subscribers: Log in to read full article. Not a subscriber? Subscribe or purchase article. | 
Choice of Drugs for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
May 28, 2012 (Issue: 1391)
					A reader has asked us to review the choice of drugs for
heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), a prothrombotic
state with high morbidity and mortality. Three recent
publications have made somewhat different recommendations
on its treatment.
 
        			
        			
						
					
					
					
					The Medical Letter is a subscriber-funded nonprofit organization that publishes critical appraisals of new prescription drugs and comparative reviews of drugs for common diseases.
					

