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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wasiq, Ahmad Nasir
• Saeed, Sadia

Titel

Letter to the Editor: "Prospective evaluation of bleeding risk among thrombocytopenic patients admitted in intensive care unit"

Ist Teil von

• Journal of critical care, 2024-06, Vol.81, p.154527, Article 154527

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• [...]the definition used for a haemorrhagic event seems implicit as it goes from a clinically lesser serious case, such as bleeding responsible for haemoglobin (Hb) drop > 1 g/dL/24h, to that causing life-threatening complications such as cerebral haemorrhage or requiring interventional haemostatic procedures which are considered as critical and urgent conditions. Having said that, patients with a Hb drop > 1 g/dL/24h and those with life-threatening complications due to bleeding would have different outcomes and prognoses. [...]it could be more precise and better understandable for the readers if a further subgroup analysis among those haemorrhagic events was carried out. [...]the study found that the presence of purpura at admission had a statistically significant association with the risk of bleeding during ICU stay.