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Thrombocytopenia among extremely low birth weight neonates: data from a multihospital healthcare system.

R D RD Christensen, E E Henry, S E SE Wiedmeier, R A RA Stoddard, M C MC Sola-Visner, D K DK Lambert, T I TI Kiehn, and S S Ainsworth

J Perinatol 26(6):348-53 (2006) PMID 16642027

Thrombocytopenia is common in neonatal intensive care units (NICU), with 18 to 35% of patients developing this problem before hospital discharge. It might be even more common among extremely low birth weight neonates (ELBW, < or = 1000 g birth weight). However, little is known about thrombocytopenia in the ELBW population. We sought to determine the incidence, timing, causes, platelet transfusions given, and outcomes of thrombocytopenia among ELBW neonates.

DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211509
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