Treatment, outcome, and cost of care in children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
β Scribed by Manjusha Kumar; Terry A. Vik; Cynthia S. Johnson; M. Elaine Southwood; James M. Croop
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 86 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is refractory to initial treatment (steroids and splenectomy) in 25 to 30% of patients. These patients have a significant risk of fatal hemorrhage. Two patients with ITP refractory to multiple interventions and severe depression of platelet counts responded
## Abstract The mainstay of treatment for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is plasma exchange (PE), but the role of splenectomy is still undefined. The records of all patients with TTP at a single center over a 20βyear period were retrospectively reviewed. Response to plasma exchange was d