How would you manage a pediatric patient with immune thrombocytopenia who has severe thrombocytopenia without bleeding symptoms?
Community PollStarted
if there are not special considerations, would you treat this 5 year old boy patient ?
3 physicians have voted
Join Mednetto vote and see how they answered.
1 Answer
Mednet MemberInvited Expert
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Answered on
As posed according to current data and opinion (for best: see the TIKI trial), there is NOT an urgent reason to treat.
However, choosing to observe rather than treat requires careful assessment of the patient and the family.
Examples include:
- Does the patient have a headache?
- Did they receive ibuprofe...
Join for free or sign in to see the full answer