Glanzmann's thrombasthenia natural history, complications and prognosis
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Overview
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
- Common complications of include sever fatal bleeding following major surgeries , labor and delivery.
- 84% of patients with Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia require at least once in their life red blood cell transfusion.
- the episodes of severe spontaneous hemorrhage is reduced with age.
- The of the bleeding episodes in can vary greatly among affected individuals, even in the same family.
- Patients with Glanzmann thrombasthenia, even the individuals of the same family and ethnicity manifest diverse bleeding frequency tendency and severity and even within the same family or ethnic group
- In patients with Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia, the quality of life of is influenced by several mucocutaneous hemorrhages and heavy bleeding in various conditions such as menstruation,trauma and surgery .
- A considerable complication of Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia is iron deficiency anemia.
- Prognosis is generally excellent with good supportive care and the mortality rate of patients with Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia is relatively low.[1]
References
- ↑ Solh T, Botsford A, Solh M (2015). "Glanzmann's thrombasthenia: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and current and emerging treatment options". J Blood Med. 6: 219–27. doi:10.2147/JBM.S71319. PMC 4501245. PMID 26185478.