Quiz for DJR-159

Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia is an adverse drug reaction to heparin with reduced platelet counts.

Which type of HIT usually spontaneously resolves with continued heparin administration?

What conditions do most patients with HIT experience?

IVC filters are used to prevent PE’s from occurring in patients who have  failed anticoagulation or have an absolute contraindication to anticoagulation.

When measuring thromboembolic risk after IVC placement all of these things were considered except:

All of these filters were used in the study except:

Guidelines recommend against IVC filter placement among patients with HIT.

Patients with HIT receiving IVC filters were at no higher risk than what would be expected in patients with either a HITdiagnosis or an IVC filter alone.