title: Newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenic purpura in childhood: successful implementation of a limited intervention strategy in the setting of pediatric emergency care.
abstract: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is a bleeding disorder for which management remains mainly guided by platelet counts. Pediatric hematologists and emergency physicians collaborated to set up a limited intervention strategy, focusing on clinical bleeding severity irrespective of platelet counts, starting in the emergency room. We report how this strategy was safely applied for 106 consecutive children admitted for newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rohmer
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; Department of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care, Hôpital-Femme-Mère-Enfant.
authors.forename: Frédéric V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Valla
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; Institut d'hématologie et d'oncologie pédiatrique (Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology); Lyon I University, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baleydier
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; Department of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care, Hôpital-Femme-Mère-Enfant.
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Launay
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; Institut d'hématologie et d'oncologie pédiatrique (Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology).
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dommange-Romero
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; Institut d'hématologie et d'oncologie pédiatrique (Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology); Lyon I University, Lyon, France; Referral Center for Thalassemia, Paris, France. Electronic address: corinne.pondarre@chicreteil.fr.
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pondarré
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D010976:Platelet Count; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies