Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia in Severe COVID-19 Patients

No abstract, but my takeaway from this is the word severe, which to me means immediate heparin upon diagnosis.

You see a doctor immediately and get anti-coagulation going. You don't wait until it gets severe before you see a doctor. I'm going to demand heparin. Don't tough it out at home.

 Heparin binds to cells at a site adjacent to ACE2, the portal for SARS-CoV-2 infection, and "potently" blocks the virus, which could open up therapy options.

Anticoagulation Again Shown to Improve Survival in COVID-19 Patients;-Mortality risk about 50% lower

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I'm not medically trained so I know nothing, don't listen to me.

The latest here:

Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia in Severe COVID-19 Patients

Florence Daviet

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Christophe Guervilly

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Olivier Baldesi

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Fanny Bernard-Guervilly

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Estelle Pilarczyk

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Adrien Genin

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Laurent Lefebvre

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Jean Marie Forel

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Laurent Papazian

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Laurence Camoin-jau

Originally published29 Sep 2020https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049015Circulation. ;0