PMC7487115_01
Platelet count charted against time and timeline of clinical events and medications used until day of discharge. QD, once daily; BID, twice per day; DVT, deep venous thrombosis; HIT, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. *Loading for 21 days and then 20 mg QD to complete a total of three months.
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On the 5th day of hospital stay, the patient's platelet count decreased (Figure 1), with normal white blood cells, hemoglobin, and coagulation profile, so his enoxaparin prophylaxis was substituted with fondaparinux 2.5 mg once daily. Over the next days, the patient's condition was improving, and blood examination showed recovery of platelet count (Figure 1).