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ArticleJournal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives2019

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

Abir Zainal, Amr Salama, Richard Alweis

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Article in Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Update on Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abir ZainalDepartment of Medicine, Unity Hospital, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY, USA.
Amr SalamaDepartment of Medicine, Unity Hospital, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY, USA.
Richard AlweisDepartment of Medicine, Unity Hospital, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4747-8066
Unity Health System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a bleeding disorder characterized by isolated thrombocytopenia (platelet count <150,000 u/L), which is not associated with a systemic illness. ITP is reported in approximately 2 per 100,000 adults. The mean age of diagnosis is 50 years. ITP is more common in females of childbearing age and in pregnancy. In adults, the course is more chronic although spontaneous remission can also occur within months of initial diagnosis. A thorough and timely workup of thrombocytopenia is imperative to rule out other differentials of ITP as it is considered a diagnosis of exclusion. Primary care physicians encounter patients who exhibit signs of thrombocytopenia such as petechiae or purpura on a regular basis. A high index of clinical suspicion is required to accurately diagnose ITP and commence the appropriate treatment including glucocorticoids to increase the chances of a favorable prognosis as described by the authors.

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corticosteroidshematologyImmune thrombocytopenic purpuraplatelets

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PMID30788080
PMCPMC6374974
OpenAlexW2915022087

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