%0 Journal Article %T Trombocitopenia y trombosis inducida por heparina %A Ruiz Dom¨ªnguez %A Rosario %A Andrade Anagua %A Alberto %J Revista Cubana de Hematolog£¿-a, Inmunolog£¿-a y Hemoterapia %D 2010 %I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas %X to determine the relation between heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (hit) as well as the development of thromboembolism events in patients admitted in hospital obrero no. 1, la paz, bolivia. a cross-sectional and prospective study was conducted with follow-up in 258 patients admitted in internal medicine and cardiovascular surgery departments of no. 1 worker hospital of health national fund. the hit frequency of presentation was of 8.5 % with a mean of presentation at 8 days without statistically significant association between hit and the thromboembolism complications (p< 0.05). %K heparin %K heparin-induced thrombocytopenia %K thrombosis %K thrombosis %K 4-antiplatelet factor antibodies. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-02892010000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en