#Heparin

NEJM with a well performed and convincing study associating the (extremely) rare clotting syndrome seen with the AZ vaccine with development of platelet factor 4 antibodies and a HIT-like syndrome.https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMo

Coagulopathy twitter! Lots of interest in this, as lots of anecdotal evidence of prothrombotic state.Would urge caution though - for now, outside of a trial, make sure all are on

Eine Übersicht [Thread] dazu, was wirklich dazu geführt hat, das Impfungen mit #AstraZeneca vorrübergehend ausgesetzt werden. Man liest in den Medien immer wieder, dass das Auftreten von Thrombosen der Grund

BK Titanji #ILookLikeAScientist

Another line of news to watch closely!#EMA investigating possible link between J&J #COVID19 vaccine & blood clots . Based on 4 cases reported so far. J&J vaccine uses an Ad26

Nathan Connell, MD, MPH

Great to see many ID and EM colleagues verified by @Twitter! OK #hemetwitter let’s get @TwitterSupport to grant that @verified blue checkmark to thrombosis/hemostasis physicians confronting #COVID19! Who do we

Pradheep J. Shanker

The JNJ vaccine cases (six of them in total) all occurred in immediate aftermath of taking the vaccine, so if you took the vaccine and are fine, you are safe.

Kurt Eichenwald

This is an important thread. It is from someone who treats COVID patients who wants to get info out on what is happening. I will give one point up top:

Let's HIT the topic Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)!This #tweetorial is a deep dive into Episode 43 of Run the List (RTL) on Thrombocytopenia: https://bit.ly/32feVfQ Thanks @LeelaChock for covering this week’s topic!

Dr Ahmed Kalebi

I’ve been asked to simplify and explain about this newly identified “vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia” #VITT that is behind the cases of blood clots due to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Please

Do you find yourself learning a lot about anti-PF4 ELISA tests recently? @connors_md doing a great job breaking it down so we all can understand how this applies to VITT!

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continuing to see crazy pro-coagulable states in COVID-19, for example patients breaking straight through therapeutic dosing of heparin (#1/3)#COVID19foam the role of anticoagulation remains largely unknown. here are my

Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA

1/ Apologies for not posting this sooner. I've been tied up juggling multiple jobs (Bellevue + media + congressional testimony + other), but I think it's important to get this

What's causing the blood clots? FDA's Peter Marks says this is just a theory, but that it could be an immune response that occurs very rarely after vaccination, causing activation

Pallavi ਪੱਲਵੀ

DoctorPallaviIn

Use of Oxygen at Home (A thread):#COVIDSecondWaveInIndia #IndiaFightsCorona #COVIDEmergency #CovidIndiaInfo1.Firstly get a Non Rebreathing Mask (NRM) with tubing. You can use a simple oxygen mask or nasal cannula if you

Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉

Please be aware that out of 6.8M+ doses of the J&J vaccine that have been administered in the U.S., 6 cases of a rare & severe type of blood clot

فاطمة خداده

سلسلة سريعة لتوضيح معنى مرض الHIT أو نقص الصفائح الناتج من الهيبارين وعلاقته بالتجلط و تطعيم الأسترازنكا ١\١٦ أولا الدم يتكون من ثلا