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Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management

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The most important aspects of patient management are a high index of suspicion and a careful history of drug exposure in an individual who presents with acute, often severe thrombocytopenia of unknown etiology.
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This article is published in Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.The article was published on 2009-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 280 citations till now.

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Consensus guidelines for periprocedural management of coagulation status and hemostasis risk in percutaneous image-guided interventions.

TL;DR: From the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiological, Jefferson Radiology, Hartford Hospital, 85 Seymour St, Ste 200, Hartford, CT 06106, Received November 18, 2008; accepted November 24, 2008.
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Idiosyncratic Adverse Drug Reactions: Current Concepts

TL;DR: It is not yet clear what fraction of IDRs have a strong HLA dependence, and most patients who have the HLA that confers a higher IDR risk with a specific drug will not have an IDR when treated with that drug.
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Drug-induced thrombocytopenia: pathogenesis, evaluation, and management

TL;DR: Recovery from DITP usually begins within 1 to 2 days of stopping the drug and is typically complete within a week, and it is important that the drug etiology be confirmed and the drug be avoided thereafter.
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Platelet bioreactor-on-a-chip

TL;DR: A microfluidic human platelet bioreactor is developed that recapitulates bone marrow stiffness, extracellular matrix composition, micro-channel size, hemodynamic vascular shear stress, and endothelial cell contacts, and supports high-resolution live-cell microscopy and quantification of platelet production.
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Thrombocytopenia in pregnancy.

TL;DR: In the review, the differential diagnosis of thrombocytopenia in pregnancy, and the pathogenesis of selected throm bocytopenic disorders are discussed.
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Serologically documented loracarbef (Lorabid)-induced immune thrombocytopenia.

TL;DR: It is reported here the first case of severe immune thrombocytopenia induced by a second‐generation cephalosporin antibiotic, Loracarbef, in a 56‐year old white female.
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