Thrombocytopenia

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Healio spoke with David Andrew Sallman, MD, about complications in myelodysplastic syndrome.

The incidence of stroke, thrombocytopenia and thrombosis were rare in patients following COVID-19 vaccination, while all three complications were more likely in patients who received an influenza vaccination, a report found.

Withholding prophylactic platelet transfusion before placement of a central venous catheter in patients with severe thrombocytopenia resulted in more catheter-related bleeding events, results of a randomized noninferiority trial showed.

CHICAGO — In a video interview, Aaron Thomas Gerds, MD, MS, discussed the efficacy and safety of momelotinib in a subset of patients with thrombocytopenic myelofibrosis from the MOMENTUM study, which was presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

The FDA granted fast track designation to VLX-1005 for treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

ATLANTA — Researchers observed that PCI in patients with cancer is safe, regardless of cancer type or concomitant thrombocytopenia, and its use increased over time.

The presence of moderate to severe thrombocytopenia before PCI is associated with increased risk for in-hospital mortality and shorter time to repeat revascularization compared with no or mild thrombocytopenia, researchers reported.