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- Title
What really matters with thrombocytopenia: absolute value, timing, etiology or management? Author's reply.
- Authors
Anthon, Carl Thomas; Pène, Frédéric; Chawla, Sanjay; Puxty, Kathryn; Russell, Lene
- Abstract
The letter is a response to comments made on a recently published paper about thrombocytopenia in the intensive care unit (ICU). The authors acknowledge that thrombocytopenia is a complex condition with various contributing factors and that its impact on prognosis may vary between different patient populations. The study focused on defining thrombocytopenia and its association with outcomes, rather than investigating its causes or management. The authors suggest that further research is needed to explore the association between thrombocytopenia and mortality in a broader ICU population and to gather randomized data on the use of platelet transfusions in ICU patients.
- Subjects
ABSOLUTE value; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD platelet disorders; ETIOLOGY of diseases
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2024, Vol 50, Issue 2, p306
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-023-07312-4