However, it may be a sign of platelet or vascular disorders and is common in leukaemia and HIV infection. |
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Three patients had low platelet counts before discharge from the first hospitalization. |
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The patient subsequently received platelet and red blood cell transfusions. |
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Unfortunately, despite this precaution, the hazards of platelet transfusion still include serious septic reactions. |
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The sulfide metabolite of sulfinpyrazone affects platelet aggregation by inhibiting thromboxane production. |
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As a platelet is activated it can release ADP and thromboxane, both potent autocatalytic molecules. |
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An IV bolus of 3-5 g arginine reduced blood pressure and platelet aggregation in patients with type 1 diabetes. |
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Serotonin is a vasoconstrictor and uses agonists, such as ADP, epinephrine, and norepinephrine, to promote platelet aggregation. |
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They found a peptide in urine from autistics that increased platelet content of serotonin, which is also a common finding in autism. |
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For example a blood stem cell will go on to become a red blood cell, platelet or white blood cell. |
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It inhibits platelet clumping and enhances fibrinolytic activity, therefore, prolonging bleeding and clotting times. |
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The combination of tocopherols has a synergistic platelet inhibitory effect. |
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Twenty-four percent of patients had platelet counts above the upper range of normal. |
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Recent studies show that ibuprofen interferes with the effect of aspirin on platelet aggregation. |
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They are currently particularly looking for platelet donations as these only have a shelf life of five days. |
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The platelet structure of the reinforcing fillers in nanocomposites may offer improvement in barrier properties of the polymer compound. |
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Taking aspirin with dipyridamole reduces platelet accumulation at the anastomosis. |
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With regard to fibrinogenic activity, it was determined that the garlic inhibited platelet aggregation. |
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In addition to the severe anemia, aplastic crises also may lead to decreased white cell or platelet counts. |
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A number of rare or uncommon congenital syndromes are associated with decreased platelet production. |
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These patients may warrant periodic review of hemostatic parameters, especially platelet counts. |
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The wound is then filled by a blood clot containing platelet aggregates, red blood cells, and white blood cells trapped in a fibrin meshwork. |
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Aspirin also reduces endothelial cell production of prostacyclin, an inhibitor of platelet aggregation and a vasodilator. |
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Mice fed a control diet consisting of mouse chow and no additional supplementation experienced irreversible platelet damage and premature death. |
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There is also impairment of the platelet response to thrombin, collagen, fibrinogen, and von Willebrand factor. |
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The vascular effects result in tissue ischemia from vasoconstriction, platelet aggregation, and increased blood viscosity. |
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Morphological changes in platelets were monitored by automated haematological cell counter for platelet count and mean platelet volume. |
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Some hematology instrumentation prints the red cell and platelet histograms as part of the report. |
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Nitric oxide, a principle physiological dilator, produces local vasodilatation and inhibits platelet adherence and aggregation. |
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Dextrans can decrease platelet adhesiveness, serum fibrinogen, and other factor levels to cause bleeding. |
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Compressive force on the platelet, on the other hand, is a function of both the incident angle and shear rate. |
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Purpura may be secondary to thrombocytopenia, platelet dysfunction, coagulation factor deficiency or vascular defect. |
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Splenomegaly or giant hemangioma can result in thrombocytopenia because of platelet sequestration. |
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Only the parent acetylsalicylic acid has any significant effect on platelet function. |
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The authors used a platelet function analyser that timed platelets aggregating into a plug big enough to close a small hole in a membrane. |
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These substances activate white blood cells, increase platelet activation and aggregation, and cause vasoconstriction. |
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Fibrin and platelet thrombi were prominent in the lumina of the vessels and in the space beneath the endothelium. |
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Coagulation factors circulate as zymogens and platelet procoagulant surfaces are internalized. |
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The most serious side effects include gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation, renal dysfunction, and platelet dysfunction. |
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He was treated with blood and platelet transfusions and discharged eight days later with a modest improvement in peripheral blood count. |
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Your child may need blood and platelet transfusions frequently. |
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She was treated with plasmapheresis and platelet transfusions. |
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This rapid platelet decrease suggests an anamnestic response. |
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This platelet release reaction and aggregation lead to the recruitment of many other platelets to the vessel wall with the formation of a hemostatic platelet plug. |
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Indicated tests include a complete blood cell count with platelet count, a peripheral blood smear, and prothrombin and activated partial thromboplastin times. |
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Actin and other contractile proteins within the pseudopods of platelets produce platelet retraction that prevents further blood loss and facilitates healing. |
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Previous transfusions may sensitize patients to foreign platelet antigens. |
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Cilostazol blocks the activity of the enzyme phosphodiesterase which induces platelet aggregation and prevents the degradation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate. |
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Following IVIG therapy in patients with ITP, platelet counts generally rise, apparently by Fc receptor blockade of splenic phagocytes and other reticuloendothelial cells. |
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This literature mainly comprises the variation in genes for blood coagulation factors, inhibitors, fibrinolytic factors and platelet membrane receptors. |
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A lifelong bleeding diathesis may suggest a congenital platelet dysfunction, but an onset in adulthood does not necessarily exclude a congenital problem. |
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These include arteriovenous shunts, giving rise to congestive heart failure, bleeding diathesis due to platelet consumption, and massive hemoperitoneum resulting in rupture. |
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It may also improve microcirculation and reduce platelet aggregation. |
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Hemostasis involves the integration of many procoagulant proteins, natural anticoagulants, fibrinolytic proteins, and platelet surface glycoproteins. |
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Levels of platelet calmodulin for the prediction of progression and severity of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. |
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Ticagrelor is a platelet inhibitor indicated for reducing the rate of throm-botic events in patients with acute coronary syndrome. |
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Could mean platelet volume among complete blood count parameters be a surrogate marker of metabolic syndrome in prepubertal children? |
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Testosterone increases human platelet thromboxane A2 receptor density and aggregation responses. |
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We found that pro-death Bcl-2 family proteins were not required for platelet formation from megakaryocytes. |
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In platelet agregometer test, GT platelets do not aggregate following interaction with any substance except for ristocetin. |
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Influence of 3, 4', 5-trihydroxystibene-3-mono-D-glucoside on vascular endothelial epoprostenol and platelet aggregation. |
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Normal platelet counts range from 150,000 to 450,000 per microlitre of blood. |
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Other, more subtle signs include spider angiomas, reddening of the palms, declining platelet counts, or a family history of liver disease. |
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Bernard-Soulier syndrome lacks a platelet response only for ristocetin and is associated with thrombocytopenia and giant platelets. |
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In late hemorrhagic cases, high and sustained viremia, severe platelet loss and poor immune response were often cited as causes of death. |
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Because garlic might reduce platelet aggregation, people taking anticoagulant medication are cautioned about consuming garlic. |
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Dual effects of sulfated D-galactans from the red alga Botryocladia occidentalis preventing thrombosis and inducing platelet aggregation. |
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Pentoxifylline is a drug that inhibits platelet aggregation and reduces blood viscocity by a variety of mechanisms, improving microcirculation. |
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It is a special centrifuge which is preferred for the preparation of platelet products to treat patients who lack thrombocytes. |
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Effects of erythropoietin on platelet reactivity and thrombopoiesis in humans. |
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A simple technique to determine thrombopoiesis level using immature platelet fraction. |
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Effects of lithium on thrombopoiesis in patients with low platelet cell counts following chemotherapy or radiotherapy. |
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Clinically apparent atherosclerotic disease in diabetes is associated with an increase in platelet microparticle levels. |
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Generally a unit or single donor platelet product equals a pint or a transfusable amount,'' Nicely said. |
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We utilize several different therapies to optimize platelet function and bleeding time. |
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Since late 2007, the patient had developed mild macrocytic anaemia with a borderline low platelet count. |
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Current therapies for ITP include steroids, blood platelet production boosters and splenectomy. |
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Atherothrombotic events due to vasoactivity, inflammation and also lipids may affect platelet function. |
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Platelet response to cyclic nucleotides is complex and depends on nucleotide concentrations and the timecourse of platelet exposure. |
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One of the CTAD syringes was precooled to minimize in vitro platelet activation, degranulation, and formation of microparticles. |
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Effect of chitosan on lingual hemostasis in rabbits with platelet dysfunction induced by epoprostenol. |
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Inhibition of platelet aggregation and arachidonate metabolism in platelets by procyanidins. |
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Studies showed a low WBC with predominant lymphocytes, a low platelet count, and a falling hemoglobin level, all attributed to hypersplenism. |
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The results of platelet aggregometry and haemolysis substantiate the same where high work of adhesion exhibiting surfaces have fared poorly. |
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Essential thrombocytemia is a rare myeloproliferative disease characterized by a persistent increase in platelet numbers and platelet dysfunction. |
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The risk of severe bacterial infection is estimated, as of 2002, at about 1 in 50,000 platelet transfusions, and 1 in 500,000 red blood cell transfusions. |
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To the best of our knowledge this is a novel finding, which may lead to further insight in how megakaryocyte maturation and platelet production change with age. |
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In experimental studies, platelet aggregation, mastocyte degranulation and histamine secretion have been shown to occur after trigeminal ganglion stimulation. |
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Aspirin inhibits platelet aggregation by blocking cyclooxygenase in the archidonic acid pathway, which inhibits the formation of thromboxane A2 in platelets. |
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Mean platelet volume in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia. |
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His hematoxylin-eosin-stained blood smear confirmed markedly decreased platelet and leucocyte counts, accompanied by normochromic normocytic red cells. |
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The central role of thromboxane and platelet activating factor receptors in ex vivo regulation of endotoxin-induced monocyte tissue factor activity in human whole blood. |
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They investigated mean platelet volume in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy and ischemic CMP and compared these values with those of the controls. |
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Recovery of normal haemostatic function may be accelerated by giving fresh whole blood, fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitates or platelet concentrates. |
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Effects of polyethylene glycol-conjugated recombinant human megakaryocyte growth and development factor on platelet counts after chemotherapy for lung cancer. |
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The proposed method was applied to the motions and deformations of a single RBC and multiple RBCs, and the thrombogenesis caused by platelet aggregation. |
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Anna Children's Hospital and the University of Vienna, Austria, will present data on the safety and efficacy of INTERCEPT platelet transfusions in immunocompromised children. |
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Many pre-formed mediators are involved in an anaphylactic reaction, including histamine, tryptase, chymase, mast cell carboxypeptidases, platelet activating factor and others. |
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This platelet-rich substance is called a buffy coat and will be combined with three others from donors of the same blood type to make up one platelet donation. |
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A decrease in red and white blood cell count and thrombocytes after the procedure was observed, and 3 patients needed blood transfusions or platelet infusion. |
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