Isolated thrombocytopenia is a condition where your platelet levels are low, but other blood cell levels are within a typical range. It’s rare and potentially dangerous. Thrombocytopenia is also ...

18 Therapeutic dosing is recommended for patients who have isolated thrombocytopenia or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis. Antibodies to lepirudin develop in approximately 30 ...

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), also known as primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura and autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura, is defined as isolated thrombocytopenia with normal bone ...

In some chronic infections, however, such as those caused by Helicobacter pylori, HIV, or hepatitis C virus (HCV), the thrombocytopenia may persist.2 Adults with the new onset of isolated ...

Results from a large observational drug monitoring program (DMP) involving 1329 patients with HITTS or isolated HIT were recently made available. This postmarketing study evaluated the same ...

Del(20q) as a sole clonal cytogenetic abnormality is not uncommon in patients following cytotoxic therapies; however, the clinical significance of emergence of isolated del(20q) in this clinical ...

On day 4, lower-extremity purpura (Figure 1) appeared and epistaxis occurred. Isolated thrombocytopenia (platelet count, 66,000 per cubic millimeter) was noted; these findings prompted ...

FIGURE 1. Platelet clumping (blue) was seen on peripheral blood smear. A misdiagnosis would have led to unnecessary tests and treatment. Ms. J, age 55 years, was referred to hematology for ...

Thrombocytopenia is the condition when you don’t have enough platelets in your blood. Platelets are small blood cells that clot your blood after you get any cut or scrape that bleeds or a bigger ...

Appropriate management, as well as efficacy and safety, of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and prevention of severe consequences with argatroban and lepirudin are discussed. Heparin-induced ...