Successful Use of Argatroban as an Anticoagulant in Burn-related Severe Acquired Antithrombin III Deficiency after Heparin Failure

Rick Gorman; Lucio Gordan; Marc Zumberg; Craig Kitchens

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1616778

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2001; 86(06): 1596-1597
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616778

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Successful Use of Argatroban as an Anticoagulant in Burn-related Severe Acquired Antithrombin III Deficiency after Heparin Failure

Rick Gorman

¹University of Florida, College of Medicine, Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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Lucio Gordan

¹University of Florida, College of Medicine, Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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Marc Zumberg

¹University of Florida, College of Medicine, Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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Craig Kitchens

¹University of Florida, College of Medicine, Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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