Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Feb 2000
Case ReportsTransient EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia in a patient with sepsis.
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia (EDTA-PTCP) is the phenomenon of a spurious low platelet count due to antiplatelet antibodies that cause platelet clumping in blood anticoagulated with EDTA. We describe a case of EDTA-PTCP that appeared transiently with the development of sepsis. ⋯ EDTA-PTCP appeared with the development of sepsis, and disappeared with its resolution. To avoid incorrect diagnoses and inappropriate treatment, EDTA-PTCP should always be considered as a possible cause of reported low platelet counts, even in patients with sepsis.
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Intensive care medicine · Feb 2000
Editorial CommentRevisiting the Glasgow Coma Scale and Coma Score.