Sentence examples for NAITP from inspiring English sources
noun
A too-low number of platelets in a newborn's blood, due to his mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking his own platelets.
We propose further study to determine if this is specific for the antepartum diagnosis of NAITP.
We reviewed 58 literature reports of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (NAITP).
Sensitive assays of maternal platelet alloantibody are now available, but they lack specificity for NAITP affecting the current gestation.
Neonates with NAITP should have a cranial ultrasound to look for intracranial hemorrhages.
GA = gestational age, SGA = small for gestational age, NEC = necrotizing enterocolitis, NAITP = Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, RHD = Rhesus Hemolytic Disease.
> The most important cause of early neonatal thrombocytopenia is neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAITP), although it only accounts for a small portion of all cases of early neonatal thrombocytopenia.
GA = gestational age, SGA = small for gestational age, NEC = necrotizing enterocolitis, FFP = fresh frozen plasma, NAITP = Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, RHD = Rhesus Hemolytic Disease.
To prevent intracranial hemorrhages, it is extremely important to consider NAITP as a possible diagnosis in every healthy neonate with thrombocytopenia at birth, especially term neonates.
