Intravenous Immune Globulin to Prevent Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

To The Editor: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is a prothrombotic drug reaction caused by anti–platelet factor 4 (PF4)–heparin antibodies of the IgG class that activate platelets through platelet Fcγ receptors. Although treatment with nonheparin anticoagulation is emphasized, recent attention has…

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