[Post-transfusion purpura: and cause of severe postoperative thrombopenia].

doi:10.1016/s0750-7658(98)80060-9

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[Post-transfusion purpura: and cause of severe postoperative thrombopenia].

Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation - 1 Jan 1998

Brenet O, Le Rolle T, Chapillon M, Soroko M F, Poirier N, Bidet M L

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A 59-year-old woman developed an acute and severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count below 10.10(9).L-1) with active bleeding, 6 days after a massive transfusion for intraoperative haemorrhagic shock. The diagnosis of post-transfusion purpura (PTP) was confirmed by the presence of an allo-antibody...

Topics

Female
HLA-DR3 Antigen
Humans
Middle Aged
Pedigree
Phenotype
Postoperative Complications
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic
Shock, Hemorrhagic
Transfusion Reaction

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