Your Messages Inbox
Most Viewed Abstracts
1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians 2. Recommendations on the use of 18F-FDG PET in oncology 3. Gene expression signatures, clinicopathological features, and individualized therapy in breast cancer 4. AHA Guidelines on Cardiac CT for Assessing Coronary Artery Disease 5. Rapid correction of low vitamin D status in nursing home residents
Top Ten Searches
etanercept hypertension chf antiphospholipid fibrosis mrsa scid renal cell rickets counterpulsationYour Article Summary
See Latest ArticlesApproach to Thrombocytopenia in Older Adults
Geriatrics & Aging, 11/10/09
Hussain ME et al. – Thrombocytopenia, whether symptomatic or not, is a relatively common finding in clinical medicine. The causes of thrombocytopenia are many, and all of these may be found at all ages. However, just as the frequencies of these causes vary between pediatric and adult age–groups, so too is there variation between younger adults and older individuals. Also, the pathophysiological approach to thrombocytopenia (decreased production, increased destruction, sequestration, dilution) remains just as valid to the seasoned hematologist as to the neophyte. In this article, the authors provide a suggested approach to the patient with thrombocytopenia, with emphasis on the more common causes in older adults.
Related Articles
Incidence of Thrombocytopenia in Hospitalized Patients with Venous Thromboembolism
American Journal of Medicine, 10/02/09
Relevance Score: 67%
Six-Month Follow-Up of Patients With In-Hospital Thrombocytopenia During Heparin-Based Anticoagulation (from the Complications After Thrombocytopenia Caused by Heparin [CATCH] Registry)
The American Journal of Cardiology, 10/28/09
Relevance Score: 46%
Prospective, Observational Study of Outcomes in Neonates With Severe Thrombocytopenia
Pediatrics, 10/28/09
Relevance Score: 44%
Changing stroke mortality trends in middle-aged people: an age-period-cohort analysis of routine mortality data in persons aged 40 to 69 in England
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 10/27/09
Relevance Score: 43%
Subcutaneous anti-d globulin application is a safe treatment option of immune thrombocytopenia in children
Annals of Hematology, 10/23/09
Relevance Score: 43%
Today in Geriatrics...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
A review of heart failure management in the elderly population
The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, 12/18/09
Rest-Activity Patterns in Institutionalized Korean Older Adults with Dementia: A Pilot Study
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 12/18/09
Older Patients in the Emergency Department: What Are the Risks
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 12/18/09
Today in Hematology/Oncology...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Expression of Prostate Apoptosis Response (Par-4) Is Associated with Progesterone Receptor in Breast Cancer
Archives of Medical Research, 12/20/09
DNA Copy Number Changes in Gastric Adenocarcinomas: High Resolution–Comparative Genomic Hybridization Study in Turkey
Archives of Medical Research, 12/20/09
Evaluation of an alternative model of anticoagulant care
Irish Journal of Medical Science, 12/20/09
Sponsor
Article Search
Sponsor
Sponsor