Pseudothrombocytopenia Inducing Nonindicated Platelet Transfusion after Cardiac Surgery
Pseudothrombocytopenia (PTCP) is an in vitro phenomenon of low platelet count caused by the agglutination of platelets, leading to false low platelet counts in automated cell counting. Typically, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) mediates this platelet clumping. PTCP has little clinical signifi...
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| description | Pseudothrombocytopenia (PTCP) is an in vitro phenomenon of low platelet count caused by the agglutination of platelets, leading to false low platelet counts in automated cell counting. Typically, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) mediates this platelet clumping. PTCP has little clinical significance, but misdiagnosis may lead to unnecessary diagnostic tests and treatment. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old Caucasian female suffering from multiple complications during and after cardiac surgery. During her postoperative stay at the ICU, she was diagnosed with thrombocytopenia and an inadequate response to platelet supplementation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-28227ef7b5f846b6bed37beb46df66fd2025-08-20T02:04:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352021-01-01202110.1155/2021/36954073695407Pseudothrombocytopenia Inducing Nonindicated Platelet Transfusion after Cardiac SurgeryEnise Ceran0Christine Schlömmer1Ivonne Kröckel2Georg Scheriau3Philipp Angleitner4Barbara Steinlechner5Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaPseudothrombocytopenia (PTCP) is an in vitro phenomenon of low platelet count caused by the agglutination of platelets, leading to false low platelet counts in automated cell counting. Typically, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) mediates this platelet clumping. PTCP has little clinical significance, but misdiagnosis may lead to unnecessary diagnostic tests and treatment. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old Caucasian female suffering from multiple complications during and after cardiac surgery. During her postoperative stay at the ICU, she was diagnosed with thrombocytopenia and an inadequate response to platelet supplementation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3695407 |
| spellingShingle | Enise Ceran Christine Schlömmer Ivonne Kröckel Georg Scheriau Philipp Angleitner Barbara Steinlechner Pseudothrombocytopenia Inducing Nonindicated Platelet Transfusion after Cardiac Surgery Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Pseudothrombocytopenia Inducing Nonindicated Platelet Transfusion after Cardiac Surgery |
| title_full | Pseudothrombocytopenia Inducing Nonindicated Platelet Transfusion after Cardiac Surgery |
| title_fullStr | Pseudothrombocytopenia Inducing Nonindicated Platelet Transfusion after Cardiac Surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pseudothrombocytopenia Inducing Nonindicated Platelet Transfusion after Cardiac Surgery |
| title_short | Pseudothrombocytopenia Inducing Nonindicated Platelet Transfusion after Cardiac Surgery |
| title_sort | pseudothrombocytopenia inducing nonindicated platelet transfusion after cardiac surgery |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3695407 |
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