RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Thrombocytopenia responding to red blood cell transfusion
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 106
OP 109
VO 25
IS 1
A1 Ahmed A. Mubarak
A1 Abdalla Awidi
A1 Kakil I. Rasul
A1 Ussama Al-Homsi
YR 2004
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/25/1/106.abstract
AB Three patients with severe symptomatic iron deficiency anemia and thrombocytopenia had a significant rise in platelet count a few days following packed red blood cell transfusion. Pre-transfusion platelet count of patient one was 17 x 109/L, 22 x 109/L in patient 2 and 29 x 109/L in patient 3. On the 6th day post transfusion, the platelet count rose to 166 x 109/L in patient one, 830 x 109/L in patient 2 and 136 x 109/L in patient 3. The possible mechanisms behind such an unreported observation are discussed.