Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) has historically been thought to occur in 2 distinct forms:
childhood ITP and adult ITP. This division is based largely on the presumption that …

Pediatric immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an acquired disorder associated with
autoimmune destruction and impairment of platelet production in children. Some children …

An estimated 1 million people in the United States have functional or anatomic asplenia or
hyposplenia. Infectious complications due to encapsulated organisms such as …

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune bleeding disorder with isolated
thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic risk. While many children with ITP can be safely …

Newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a relatively common disorder of
childhood that does not require an exhaustive laboratory workup for diagnosis. A history and …

Objective To assess the trends of inpatient resource use and mortality in pediatric
hospitalizations for fever with neutropenia in the US from 2007 to 2014. Study design Using …

Objective To determine the temporal trends in the epidemiology of acute disseminated
encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and hospitalization outcomes in the US from 2006 through 2014 …

Splenectomy is one of the treatments of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) with a high
response rate. However, it is an irreversible procedure that can be associated with morbidity …

OBJECTIVES: We examined the trends in the rate of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP)
hospitalizations and the associated resource use among children in the United States from …

Introduction Splenectomy has been used as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in the
management of hematological diseases for many years. However, the emergence of new …