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. 2020 Aug 3;196:11–14. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.07.056

Table 1.

4T's score of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis with laboratory findings and anti-platelet factor 4 antibody.

Covid-19 Day 9 Covid-19 Day 10 Covid-19 Day 11a Covid-19 Day 12
Thrombocytopenia: percentage of platelet count fall 0 (fall in platelet count < 30%) 0 (fall in platelet count < 30%) 2 (fall in platelet count > 50%) 2 (fall in platelet count > 50%)
Timing of platelet count fall 0 (no fall of platelet count) 0 (no fall of platelet count) 0 (platelet fall without exposure to heparin in the 100 previous days) 0 (within 24 h after exposure of heparin)
Thrombosis or other clinical events 0 (no event) 0 (no event) 2 (new confirmed acute myocardial infarction) 2 (repeated myocardial infarctions)
Other possible causes of thrombocytopenia 0 (no fall of platelet count) 0 (no fall of platelet count) 2 (no evident explanation for platelet count fall) 2 (no evident explanation for platelet count fall)
4T's score 2 2 6 6
Anti-PF4-heparin antibody (ng/mL) 0.38 17.14
Platelet count (×109/L) 200 215 80 74
D-Dimer (ng/mL) 8.3 N/A >10.0 >10.0
Prothrombin time (s) 11.8 N/A 40.4 36.0
Activated partial thromboplastin time (s) 40.4 N/A >100 >100
International normalized ratio 1.1 N/A 4.0 3.6

The item of “timing of platelet count fall” was scored 0, and the 4T's score was 6 at both Covid-19 Days 11 and 12 using the diagnosis guideline of HITT by Gruel Y et al. in 2020.

a

The blood sample on Covid-19 Day 11 was collected before heparin therapy for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.