Pseudothrombocytopenia After Abciximab (ReoPro) Treatment

Autor: Rainer Dietz, Imke Poepping, Stephan Moll, Dietrich C. Gulba, Sven Hauck
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Circulation. 100:1460-1460
ISSN: 1524-4539
0009-7322
Popis: A46-year-old man received a bolus and continuous infusion of abciximab (ReoPro) after PTCA. A platelet count before the procedure was 270 000/μL. Two hours after the bolus, an automated platelet count from EDTA blood was 92 000/μL (Figure 1⇓). The abciximab infusion was stopped. Four hours after the bolus, the platelet count from EDTA blood was 51 000/μL; at the same time, an automated platelet count from citrated blood was 215 000/μL. A peripheral blood film from EDTA blood (Figure 2⇓) showed marked platelet clumping, which was not present on a …
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