Critical Care: Incidence and Risk Factors of Thrombocytopenia in Critically Ill Trauma Patients

Abstract

The type of injury sustained, the quantity of platelet-deficient, transfusions, and age are the greatest risk factors associated with the development of thrombocytopenia in critically ill trauma patients. Drug-induced thrombocytopenia appears to play a minor role in the development of thrombocytopenia; therefore, medications should not be automatically discontinued or substituted when thrombocytopenia occurs.