Primary Recipient

CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Amount

$20,661.00

Award Date

6/08/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an iatrogenic cause of thrombocytopenia and thrombosis due to antibodies to complexes between Platelet Factor 4 (PF4) and heparin. Around half of heparinized patients develop such antibodies after cardiopulmonary