OBdECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to attempt to distinguish pregnant women with gestational thrombocytopenia from those with idiopathic immune thrombocytopenia by eight different platelet antibody assays. STUD¥ DE$1GN: Sera from pregnant women with presumed gestational thrombocytopenia (n = 160) and idiopathic immune thrombocytopenia (n = 90) were prospectively tested for indirect and pla...

we present a 19-year-old patient with hematologic and neurologic manifestations associated with wilson’s disease. idiopathic thrombocytopenia was diagnosed in october 2009. bone marrow aspiration was normal. gradually her neurologic and psychiatric symptoms emerged, dysarthria, writing apraxia, learning difficulties, emotionalism and eventually dystonia of hands. the serum ceruloplasmin was low...

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is the most frequent and the most important idiosyncratic haematological drug reaction. It is important for several reasons: first, because heparin is used so often, and the frequency of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is high, the risk of a hospitalized patient developing heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is high. Second, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia poses ...

a preterm female baby with birth weight of 1.5kg was referred to our hospital on day 6 for difficulty in breathing. baby was admitted at birth for respiratory distress and feed intolerance to other hospital and in view of clinical deterioration baby was referred. baby had thrombocytopenia with platelets counts of 11000/ mm3 and high crp titer. baby had petechial haemorrhagic spots all over the ...

case report: besides the interaction with other drugs (mainly warfarin and amiodarone). orlistat´s mainly side effects are gastrointestinal disorders such as the existence of oily spotting from the rectum, abdominal pain or discomfort, fecal urgency. there are also side effects at other levels, like flu symptoms, hypoglycemia, heathache or upper respiratory infections. there are other side effe...

Inhibitors: Causation or Association? To the Editor: Trials of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (GPI) in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) reveal that thrombocytopenia occurs with an incidence of up to 3.7%.1 McClure et al2 confirm the association of thrombocytopenia and ACS and correlate this with adverse bleeding and ischemic events. However, unlike previous studies, they found no association be...

Thrombocytopenia is a common laboratory finding in current medical practices. The workup of thrombocytopenia can be challenging with numerous causes that can be included in the differential diagnosis. Thrombocytopenia can be due to bone marrow hypoproliferation, peripheral destruction, or sequestration. This paper presents a case of isolated thrombocytopenia in a young female and discusses the ...

BACKGROUND Sepsis is a major risk factor for the development of thrombocytopenia, but few studies have specifically evaluated prognostic importance of thrombocytopenia in patients with sepsis. We investigated the incidence, risk factors, and prognostic importance of thrombocytopenia in adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with sepsis. METHODS A retrospective analysis of pa...