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*50% decline in platelets - within 4-10 days of starting heparin. | *50% decline in platelets - within 4-10 days of starting heparin. | ||
*HIT assay - several exist.<ref>[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1357846-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1357846-diagnosis]</ref> | *HIT assay - several exist.<ref>[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1357846-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1357846-diagnosis]</ref> | ||
==Disseminated intravascular coagulation== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Commonly abbreviated ''DIC''. | |||
*Usually associated with sepsis or septic shock.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779097-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779097-overview]. Accessed on: 23 October 2010.</ref> | |||
===Gross=== | |||
Features:<ref>{{Ref HospAuto|209}}</ref> | |||
*Pleural petechial haemorrhages. | |||
==Lymphoma== | ==Lymphoma== | ||