Rheumatology

Thrombocytopenia

Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach evaluation for underlying rheumatologic disease in patients with chronic asymptomatic thrombocytopenia?

Thrombocytopenia is moderate (80-100,000 microL). No concomitant cytopenias present.

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How do you manage drug-induced thrombocytopenia when the implicated drug is essential?

e.g. DITP from eptifibatide after a cardiac intervention

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How would you advise patients with known stable autoimmune thrombocytopenia regarding the Ad26.COV2.S (Johnson & Johnson/Janssen) vaccine?

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What is your approach to treating refractory thrombocytopenia in lupus?

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Papers discussed in this category

Blood, 2015 May 13

A novel triple therapy for ITP using high-dose dexamethasone, low-dose rituximab, and cyclosporine (TT4).

Blood, 2009 Nov 06

Combination immunosuppressant therapy for patients with chronic refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

Blood,

Adenovirus-induced thrombocytopenia: the role of von Willebrand factor and P-selectin in mediating accelerated platelet clearance.

Autoimmunity reviews, 2018 Apr 07

Antinuclear antibodies: Is the indirect immunofluorescence still the gold standard or should be replaced by solid phase assays?

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