[PDF][PDF] Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: a practice guideline developed by explicit methods for the American Society of Hematology

JN George, SH Woolf, GE Raskob, JS Wasser… - Blood, 1996 - ouhsc.edu
DIOPATHIC thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP, also I known as primary immune
thrombocytopenic purpura) is a hematologic disorder for which appropriate diagnostic and
treatment strategies are uncertain. In 1994, the American Society of Hematology (ASH)
established a panel to produce explicitly developed practice guidelines for the diagnosis
and management of ITP.“Explicitly developed,” evidencebased practice guidelines, which
are being issued increasingly by medical specialty societies, combine a critical appraisal of …