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Thomas Lee Ortel

Chief, Division of Hematology in the Department of Medicine
Medicine, Hematology
Duke Box 3422, Durham, NC 27710
0563 Stead Bldg, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Conferences


Evaluation of a rapid and automated heparin-induced thrombocytopenia immunoassay.

Conference Int J Lab Hematol · August 2019 INTRODUCTION: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a potentially life-threatening adverse reaction of heparin. Laboratory evaluation of HIT is often not available within a reasonable time. We evaluated the HemosILĀ® HIT-Ab(PF4-H) (Instrumentation Labor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dalteparin thromboprophylaxis in cancer patients at high risk for venous thromboembolism: A randomized trial.

Conference Thromb Res · March 2017 BACKGROUND: Ambulatory cancer patients at high-risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) can be identified using a validated risk score (Khorana score). We evaluated the benefit of outpatient thromboprophylaxis with dalteparin in high-risk patients in a multic ... Full text Link to item Cite