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  • Title: [Pseudothrombocytopenia induced by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid in burned patients].
    Author: Carrillo-Esper R, Contreras-Domínguez V.
    Journal: Cir Cir; 2004; 72(4):335-8. PubMed ID: 15469756.
    Abstract:
    The EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia is a false decrease in the number of platelets below the normal value when analyzed with automated devices. There is an incidence of 0.09 to 0.21% in hospitalized patients. Pseudothrombocytopenia is secondary to platelet clumping induced by antibodies in the presence of EDTA and has been associated with sepsis, cancer, cardiac surgery and drugs. We report the first case of pseudothrombocytopenia induced by EDTA in a burn patient.
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