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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Main Authors: Enise Ceran, Christine Schlömmer, Ivonne Kröckel, Georg Scheriau, Philipp Angleitner, Barbara Steinlechner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3695407
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