Approximately 40% of adolescent women experience heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), and 10–62% of them have an underlying bleeding disorder (BD). Diagnosing a BD remains challenging because of ...

Study of the bleeding tendency in uremia in 26 subjects, 10 of whom were bleeding, showed platelet counts and plasma coagulation factors to be normal. There was a significant inverse correlation ...

Against the backdrop of wide variability in thrombotic risk and clopidogrel response in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as well as growing use of more potent antiplatelet ...

The document follows two earlier consensus documents, released in 2013 and 2016. Dominick Angiolillo, MD, PhD (University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville), senior author of the paper, ...

Megakaryocytes, which are derived from hematopoietic stem cell precursors in bone marrow, form and release platelets; these circulate in the blood for 8 to 10 days before they are removed by hepatic ...

A bleeding assessment tool yielded higher scores for patients with suspected or confirmed platelet function disorders. The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis’ bleeding assessment tool ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bentracimab restored platelet function in patients on ticagrelor with major bleeding or undergoing urgent ...

While thrombocytopenia and bleeding are events that often occur together in neonates, this may not signify cause and effect. In fact, one study reported that 91% of neonates with low platelet counts ...

When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread out to stop the blood from leaking out. Once enough layers of platelets ...

Use of platelet function testing during dual antiplatelet therapy, including a P2Y12 antagonist, in acute coronary syndromes does not improve clinical outcomes. Researchers at King's College London ...

A drug developed as an antidote to the antiplatelet agent ticagrelor safely and effectively reversed ticagrelor's antiplatelet effects in patients undergoing urgent surgery or experiencing major ...