Comparison of clinical characteristics of first-episode thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and TTP-like syndrome: a retrospective cohort study in a level I hematology center in China

Abstract Comparing the characteristics of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and TTP-like syndrome patients at admission will allow early differentiation of TTP from TTP-like syndrome and help tailor initial treatment. The medical records of 78 patients with suspected TTP in the Emergency Department of Peking University People’s Hospital in the past 5 years were retrospectively analyzed and divided into TTP and TTP-like syndrome groups based on ADAMTS13 activity and ADAMTS13 antibody titer. There were 25 and 53 patients in the TTP group and the TTP-like syndrome group, respectively. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (P = 0.025) was tremendously higher, and albumin (P = 0.002) was lower in the TTP-like syndrome group, indicating a more severe inflammation. Compared with the TTP-like syndrome group, the TTP group had an approximately two-fold to three-fold higher prevalence of central nervous system dysfunction (P < 0.001). Also, hemolysis was more substantial in the TTP group as evidenced by higher schistocytes (P < 0.001), reticulocyte (P < 0.001), total bilirubin (P = 0.002), indirect bilirubin (P < 0.001), lactate dehydrogenase (P = 0.007) and cell-free hemoglobin (P < 0.001), simultaneously lower platelet (P < 0.001), haptoglobin (P = 0.044), and ADAMTS13 activity (P < 0.001). The Kaplan–Meier survival analysis showed that the TTP group significantly predicted poor prognosis (log-rank test: $ X^{2} $ = 5.368, P = 0.021). TTP and TTP-like syndrome are two kinds of distinct phenotypes with different hemolysis statuses and illustrated differentiated inflammatory reactions, target organ damage (TOD), and the clinical outcome..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:102

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Annals of hematology - 102(2022), 1 vom: 17. Nov., Seite 55-62

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dong, Guiying [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Fang-e [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Jianbo [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Jihong [VerfasserIn]

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In-hospital mortality
TTP-like syndrome
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

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10.1007/s00277-022-05030-3

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OLC2080209469