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- Title
A Case of Thrombocytosis Associated with Enoxaparin Therapy in an Adolescent.
- Authors
Murray, Robert; Tobias, Joseph T
- Abstract
Secondary thrombocytosis, often referred to as a reactive thrombocytosis, is more common than primary thrombocytosis and has many potential etiologies including anemia, infection, inflammation, medications, and post-splenectomy. When considering the critically ill patient in the ICU setting potential medication-related etiologies of thrombocytosis should be included in the differential diagnosis. We present a 15-year-old adolescent with a traumatic brain injury who developed thrombocytosis that was temporally related to the administration of enoxaparin. There was a prompt return of the platelet count to normal following the discontinuation of enoxaparin therapy which led to the probable diagnosis of enoxaparin-induced thrombocytosis.
- Subjects
THROMBOCYTOSIS; CRITICALLY ill children; ENOXAPARIN; BRAIN injuries; PLATELET count; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Clinical Pharmacology, 2021, Vol 13, p203
- ISSN
1179-1438
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/CPAA.S327541