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ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Thrombocytopenia in Critically Ill Children: A Review for Practicing Clinicians.

Balagangadhar R Totapally, Abhinav Totapally, Paul A Martinez

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Balagangadhar R TotapallyDivision of Critical Care Medicine, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, 3100 SW 62nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33155, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5257-1767
Abhinav TotapallyDivision of Critical Care Medicine, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, 3100 SW 62nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33155, USA.
Paul A MartinezDivision of Critical Care Medicine, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, 3100 SW 62nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33155, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6170-2450

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thrombocytopenia frequently occurs in patients before, during, and after admission to Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs). In critically ill children, it is often due to multifactorial causes and can be a sign of significant organ dysfunction. This review summarizes the potential causes/mechanisms of thrombocytopenia in acutely ill children, their identification, and treatments, with special attention paid to septic patients. The mechanisms of thrombocytopenia include decreased production and sequestration, but the most common reason is increased destruction or consumption. This review specifically reviews and compares the presentation, pathogenesis, and treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and the thrombotic microangiopathic spectrum (TMA), including thrombocytopenia-associated multiorgan failure (TAMOF), hemolytic uremic syndrome, and other diagnoses. The other etiologies discussed include HLH/MAS, immune thrombocytopenia, and dilutional thrombocytopenia. Finally, this review analyzes platelet transfusions, the various thresholds, and complications.

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DICsepsisthrombocytopenia

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PMID39857914
PMCPMC11764412

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