Neonatal thrombocytopenia is one of the common hematological problems encountered in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). However, the association between maternal and neonatal factors predisposing to neonatal thrombocytopenia is less evident. Recent clinical findings report that severe (39%) thrombocytopenia and very severe thrombocytopenia (51%) are very common in the NICU setting. Likewise, neonatal sepsis (67%) was the leading cause of thrombocytopenia, followed by prematurity (52%).
Moreover, reports concluded that maternal pregnancy-induced hypertension was significantly associated with neonatal thrombocytopenia and platelet transfusion remained the mainstay of therapy. Which predisposing factors do you consider for neonatal thrombocytopenia? Source: Kumar Ray R, Panda S, Patnaik R, Sarangi G. A Study of Neonatal Thrombocytopenia in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Prospective Study.…
