This  guideline  updates  and  widens  the  scope  of  the  previ-ous  British  Society  for  Haematology  (BSH)  Clinical  guide-lines  for  Diagnosis  and  Management  of  Heparin-Induced  Thrombocytopenia:  Second  Edition1  to  include  functional  assays in the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocy...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                Definir los criterios de diagnóstico de la enfermedad y las pruebas que se deben realizar al paciente para su  evaluación.   Brindar indicaciones de manejo de PTI aguda, crónica y persistente. Proponer opciones de tratamiento de acuerdo a la evidencia disponible. Dar indicación de manejo en PTI con r...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                
                                                Thrombocytopenia/diagnosis, 
Thrombocytopenia/therapy, 
Platelet Count, 
Anemia, Hemolytic, 
Dexamethasone/therapeutic use, 
Receptors, Thrombopoietin/agonists, 
Rituximab/therapeutic use, 
Splenectomy, 
Thrombocytopenia/surgery                                             
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                Kaufman, R. M; 
Djulbegovic, B; 
Gernsheimer, T; 
Kleinman, S; 
Tinmouth, A. T; 
Capocelli, K. E; 
Cipolle, M. D; 
Cohn, C. S; 
Fung, M. K; 
Grossman, B. J; 
Mintz, P. D; 
O'Malley, B. A; 
Sesok-Pizzini, D. A; 
Shander, A; 
Stack, G. E; 
Webert, K. E; 
Weinstein, R; 
Welch, B. G; 
Whitman, G. J; 
Wong, E. C; 
Tobian, A. A.                                            
 
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                BACKGROUND: The AABB (formerly, the American Association of Blood Banks) developed this guideline on appropriate use of platelet transfusion in adult patients. METHODS: These guidelines are based on a systematic review of randomized, clinical trials and observational studies (1900 to September 2014) that...