HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPAENIA COMPLICATED BY BILATERAL ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE

被引:38
作者
ERNEST, D [1 ]
FISHER, MM [1 ]
机构
[1] ROYAL N SHORE HOSP,INTENS THERAPY UNIT,ST LEONARDS,NSW 2065,AUSTRALIA
关键词
HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPAENIA; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE;
D O I
10.1007/BF01709885
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
Acute adrenal insufficiency due to bilateral adrenal haemorrhage is an important clinical diagnosis and its association with heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia is infrequent. We report on a patient in whom life threatening acute adrenal insufficiency occurred consequent to such an association. The clinical manifestations simulated septic shock, highlighting the need to consider specifically acute adrenal insufficiency in such settings, and institute therapy promptly prior to obtaining results of confirmatory tests.
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