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Andrea Tate was 57 when she underwent surgery to remove a noncancerous tumor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania<\/a>. After the surgery, the staff at the hospital administered Heparin to prevent blood clots. Tate\u2019s coagulation rate was measured using an activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) test. <\/p>\n

Over the next six days, four consecutive APTT tests revealed that Tate\u2019s coagulation was moving from the low end of the normal range to the high end of normal. As a result, the hospital staff stopped doing the test. <\/p>\n

Days later, Tate suffered a catastrophic brain bleed. Previously a financial services project manager earning $100,000 a year, she is now paralyzed in her right leg and on her left side. She is mostly confined to bed and requires 24-hour care provided by her husband, who has left his job to take care of his wife.
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