Management of Immune Thrombocytopenic Patient Associated with COVID-19 Viral Infection: A Case Series

Abstract

Severe thrombocytopenia is a cause of morbidity and mortality for patients with COVID-19 infection. The common causes of thrombocytopenia in these patients are; sepsis, drug-associated, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), heparin-associated thrombocytopenia (HIT), microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA). Recently, cases of COVID-19 infection-associated Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) have been reported in the literature. In our study, we will present our case series consisting of 10 patients associated with COVID-19

Keywords

• COVID-19
• Hematology
• Pandemic
• Thrombocytopenia

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