- Patients admitted with acute coronary syndromes:
- 6.8% had thrombocytopenia at baseline.
- 13% developed it during their hospital stay.
- Hospitalized medical patients receiving heparin for at least 4 days, 36% developed thrombocytopenia.
- Critically ill patients
- 8%-68% of patients have thrombocytopenia on admission to the intensive care unit (ICU).
- 13%-44% develop thrombocytopenia during their ICU stay.
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