{"id":5609,"date":"2021-05-21T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T23:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/clinical\/hematology\/thrombocytopenia-and-platelet-disorders\/thrombocytopenia\/"},"modified":"2021-05-25T23:56:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:56:03","slug":"thrombocytopenia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/clinical\/internal-medicine\/hematology\/thrombocytopenia-and-platelet-disorders\/thrombocytopenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrombocytopenia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thrombocytopenia means low platelet count. This is the most frequent cause of bleeding\u00a0abnormalities.<\/p>\n\n\n<span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_1\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Etiology<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_1\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Failure of production<\/strong><ul><li>Aplastic anemia<\/li><li>Malignancies (AML, CML, MDS)<\/li><li>Congenital (MPL mutation, <strong>May\u2013Hegglin anomaly<\/strong>, <strong>Wiskott\u2013Aldrich syndrome<\/strong>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Increased destruction<\/strong><ul><li>Autoimmune (ITP)<\/li><li>Infections<\/li><li>TTP<\/li><li>HUS<\/li><li>DIC<\/li><li>Hypersplenism (increased splenic\u00a0platelet\u00a0pooling)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Massive transfusion syndrome<\/strong><ul><li>Platelets are unstable in blood stored at <strong>4\u00b0C<\/strong> and the platelet count rapidly falls in blood stored for more<strong> than 24 hours<\/strong>. Patients with more than<strong> 10 units<\/strong> of transfusion in 24hrs show abnormal clothing.<\/li><li>It should be corrected using <strong>platelet transfusion <\/strong>and <strong>FFP<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/span><div id=\"the_titles\" style=\"display:none;\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Etiology<\/h4><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thrombocytopenia means low platelet count. This is the most frequent cause of bleeding\u00a0abnormalities. Etiology Failure of production Aplastic anemia Malignancies (AML, CML, MDS) Congenital (MPL mutation, May\u2013Hegglin anomaly, Wiskott\u2013Aldrich syndrome) Increased destruction Autoimmune (ITP) Infections TTP HUS DIC Hypersplenism (increased splenic\u00a0platelet\u00a0pooling) Massive transfusion syndrome Platelets are unstable in blood stored at 4\u00b0C and the platelet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5575,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5609","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thrombocytopenia &#8211; Meddists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/clinical\/internal-medicine\/hematology\/thrombocytopenia-and-platelet-disorders\/thrombocytopenia\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/clinical\\\/internal-medicine\\\/hematology\\\/thrombocytopenia-and-platelet-disorders\\\/thrombocytopenia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/clinical\\\/internal-medicine\\\/hematology\\\/thrombocytopenia-and-platelet-disorders\\\/thrombocytopenia\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thrombocytopenia &#8211; 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