1. A 35-year-old woman presents with incidental finding of thrombocytopenia (35,000/[micro]L) detected on a CBC done for a routine annual physical examination. She is entirely asymptomatic. Specifically, there is no history of thromboses or miscarriages. She take...

For the benefit of busy general practitioners who are likely to encounter thrombocytopenia in everyday practice, Sekhon and Roy, (1) in this issue of the Journal, have provided a review of causes and a practical approach to the management of thrombocytopenia in a...

Abstract Lingual hematoma is a rare but potentially fatal cause of upper airway obstruction. Patients receiving anticoagulants such as heparin can suffer from significant complications of these medications. Not only does heparin exert effects directly on the c...

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Lepirudin, the anticoagulant approved for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, is considered "nonapprovable" by the Food and Drug Administration for treating adults with acute coronary syndromes. ...

Context.-Direct thrombin inhibitors (DTIs) and fondaparinux represent a new class of anticoagulants. The effects of DTIs on activated partial thromboplastin time and prothrombin time measurements have been reported previously, but there are limited data on the impact of...

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Abstract: Physicians often see patients who complain of "easy bruising." The skill of the clinician is to identify those patients likely to have a potentially serious underlying disorder from those who do not. A detailed history often provides sufficient informat...

Abstract: With the widespread use of automated cell counters, clinicians in any field of medicine may encounter thrombocytopenia. The symptomatology may vary greatly and the underlying cause may be either inconsequential (pseudothrombocytopenia) or life threateni...

IN VITRO PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF AMIFOSTINE ON HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AND HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITORS EXPOSED TO RADIATION. Jagadeesh Ramdas, IVID, R. P. Warner, MD, Charles Scher, MD, and Vincent F. La Russa, PhD. Louisiana State University Health Science Cent...