Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A hematological emergency

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 538-544

  Kessler, Chad S ^a,b   Khan, Bilal A ^b   Lai Miller, Katie ^b  

^a Jesse Brown Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; management; thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CLOPIDOGREL; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITROGEN; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; TICLOPIDINE; UREA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; COOMBS TEST; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SERODIAGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADAM PROTEINS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFECTION; NEOPLASMS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84866087411     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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