Role of severe thrombocytopenia in preventing platelet count recovery in thrombocytopenic patients with chronic liver disease.

Masashi HirookaHironori OchiAtsushi HiraokaYohei KoizumiTakaaki TanakaKotaro SunagoAtsushi YukimotoYusuke ImaiTakao WatanabeOsamu YoshidaMasanori AbeKouji JokoKojiro MichitakaYoichi Hiasa

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2019)

Neither blood transfusion nor lusutrombopag improves thrombocytopenia in patients with severe conditions; however, the degree of platelet count elevation following lusutrombopag administration is higher than that following blood transfusion.

Keyphrases

early onset
peripheral blood
drug induced