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Table 1 Summary of patient demographics

From: Novel fondaparinux protocol for anticoagulation therapy in adults with renal failure and suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: a retrospective review of institutional protocol

 

Patients

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Age (y)

72

76

87

54

89

76

60

80

47

64

Sex

M

M

F

M

M

F

F

F

M

M

Weight (kg)

101

115

69

109

70

66

82

83

74

60

LOS

35

31

36

81

55

10

18

11

35

20

RFA

Covid-19

Fournier gangrene

Pneumonia

Bowel perforation

UTI

Ischemic colitis

Bleeding pelvic tumor

VHD

Covid-19

Symptomatic thrombocytopenia

Comorbidities

  AAA

  

       

  Autoimmune disease

     

    

  CAD

 

  

  

  COPD

 

        

  DM

 

 

  

  G6PD deficiency

        

 

  HTN

 

 

  

  Malignancy

   

  

 

  VHD

  

    

  

 Renal function

HDD-ESRD

HDD-ESRD

CKD stage 4

HDD-ESRD

CKD stage 4

CKD stage 4

HDD-ESRD

CKD stage 4

AKI (CrCl 30 mL/min)

HDD-ESRD

 Recent Surgery

 

Vascular

Cardiac

   

Oncologic

Cardiac

  

 Indication for anticoagulation

AF

AF

AF

VTE

AF

VTE

Acute limb ischemia

AF

VTE

VTE

 4T score

4

5

4

5

5

4

5

5

4

5

 First dose (mg)

5

7.5

5

7.5

5

2.5

7.5

2.5

7.5

5

 First anti-Xa

0.60

0.38

0.42

0.60

0.60

0.39

0.22

0.22

1.07

0.79

 # of doses needed to reach therapeutic level

1

2

2

1

1

2

-

2

1

1

Total days on Fondaparinux

5

10

20

7

15

14

2

4

11

10

Number of anti-Factor Xa measures

4

5

14

6

10

11

2

5

7

5

Signs of bleed

        

✘ chest tubes /pneumothorax

 

Drop in platelets after the start of fondaparinux

increase

increase

increase

✘ moderate drop platelets 50–100 × 10 9 /L

✘ moderate drop platelets 50–100 × 10 9 /L

increase

stable

stable

✘ severe drop (malignancy) platelets less than 50 × 10 9 /L

✘ severe drop (malignancy) platelets less than 50 × 10 9 /L

New thrombosis

   

      
  1. AAA Abdominal aortic aneurysm, AF Atrial fibrillation, CAD Coronary artery disease, CKD Chronic kidney disease, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CrCl Creatinine clearance, DM Diabetes mellitus, G6PD Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, HDD-ESRD Hemodialysis-dependent-end-stage renal disease, HTN Hypertension, LOS Length of stay, RFA Reason for admission, UTI Urinary tract infection, VHD Valvular heart disease, VTE Venous thromboembolism