The 4Ts scoring system for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in medical-surgical intensive care unit patients.

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Published in J Crit Care on February 10, 2010

Authors

Mark Andrew Crowther1, Deborah J Cook, Martin Albert, David Williamson, Maureen Meade, John Granton, Yoanna Skrobik, Stephan Langevin, Sangeeta Mehta, Paul Hebert, Gordon H Guyatt, William Geerts, Christian Rabbat, James Douketis, Nicole Zytaruk, Joanne Sheppard, Andreas Greinacher, Theodore E Warkentin, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. crowthrm@mcmaster.ca

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