Risk stratification and outcomes of intracranial hemorrhage in patients with immune thrombocytopenia under 60 years of age.

Risk stratification and outcomes of intracranial hemorrhage in patients with immune thrombocytopenia under 60 years of age. Platelets. 2020 Jul 02;:1-9 Authors: Zhao P, Hou M, Liu Y, Liu HX, Huang RB, Yao HX, Niu T, Peng J, Jiang M, Han YQ, Hu JD, Zhou H, Zhou ZP, Qiu L, Zhang LS, Wang X, Wang HQ, Feng R, Yang LH, Ma LM, Wang SQ, Kong PY, Wang WS, Sun HP, Sun J, Zhou HB, Zhu TN, Wang LR, Zhang JY, Huang QS, Liu X, Fu HX, Li YY, Wang QF, Jiang Q, Jiang H, Lu J, Zhang XH Abstract Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating complication of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). However, information on ICH in ITP patients under the age of 60 years is limited, and no predictive tools are available in clinical practice. A total of 93 adult patients with ITP who developed ICH before 60 years of age were retrospectively identified from 2005 to 2019 by 27 centers in China. For each case, 2 controls matched by the time of ITP diagnosis and the duration of ITP were provided by the same center. Multivariate analysis identified head trauma (OR = 3.216, 95%CI 1.296-7.979, P =.012), a platelet count ≤ 15,000/μL at the time of ITP diagnosis (OR = 1.679, 95%CI 1.044-2.698, P =.032) and severe/life-threatening bleeding (severe bleeding vs. mild bleeding, OR = 1.910, 95%CI 1.088-3.353, P =.024; life-threatening bleeding vs. mild bleeding, OR = 2.620, 95%CI 1.360-5.051, P =.004) as independent risk factors for ICH. Intraparenchymal hemorrhage (O...
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