Which of the following is/are true regarding HIT?
A) If a patient is suspected of having HIT, it is safe for the doctor to wait until he or she has the results of a HIT assay before stopping all of the patient's exposure to heparin.
B) Patients with HIT should not be given any other anticoagulants since they are thrombocytopenic.
C) All patients with antibodies to heparin-platelet factor 4 (PF4) complexes have HIT.
D) The most important step in preventing or limiting thrombosis in patients with HIT is stopping all exposure to heparin.
E) Only unfractionated heparin is associated with HIT.
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