Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia is a rare but potentially life threatening condition in newborns. It can cause bleeding in the brain and long-term effects. Treatment usually involves a platelet ...

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) is a disorder that affects pregnant people and their fetuses. It occurs when the birthing parent’s immune system produces antibodies that attack and destroy ...

There is a lack of evidence-based guidelines for neonatal transfusion practices as seen by the diverse RBC transfusion practices among individuals and institutions. [3,5,27,28,29,30,31,32] The US ...

“Few studies have directly evaluated the neonatal risk of pregnancy-onset ITP compared to previously-diagnosed ITP,” study authors Drs. Amihai Rottenstreich, Noa Israeli, and colleagues from Hadassah ...

65.4% of hospitalized ITP inpatients did not have a bleeding episode or surgical procedure associated with their platelet transfusion. Platelet transfusions were not associated with improved clinical ...