DIAGNOSIS OF EDTA-DEPENDENT PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA IN A HORSE

Authors
HINCHCLIFF KW KOCIBA GJ MITTEN LA
Citation
Kw. Hinchcliff et al., DIAGNOSIS OF EDTA-DEPENDENT PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA IN A HORSE, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 203(12), 1993, pp. 1715-1716
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031488
Volume
203
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1715 - 1716
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1488(1993)203:12<1715:DOEPIA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
When thrombocytopenia is diagnosed in horses that do not have clinical evidence of a bleeding tendency, EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopeni a should be suspected. This type of thrombocytopenia is a result of pl atelet clumping in blood that contains EDTA. The diagnosis of EDTA-dep endent thrombocytopenia can be confirmed by screening blood films for platelet clumps and by comparing platelet counts of paired blood sampl es-one sample containing EDTA and the other sample containing heparin.