Skip to main content

Table 2 Immunosuppressive therapy and other supportive therapies during hospitalization

From: Clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treated with plasma exchange in Japan: a nationwide inpatient database study

 

Total

(n = 1,559)

Corticosteroids, n (%)

1447 (93)

Steroid pulse therapy, n (%)

1031 (66)

Immunosuppressants, n (%)

501 (32)

 Cyclophosphamide

212 (14)

 Rituximab

149 (10)

 Cyclosporine

127 (8)

 Tacrolimus

76 (5)

 Azathioprine

43 (3)

 Vincristine

22 (1)

Other supportive therapies, n (%)

 

 Catecholamine use

523 (34)

 Oxygen supplementation

1046 (67)

 Mechanical ventilation

472 (30)

 Fresh frozen plasma

1559 (100)

 Red blood cell transfusion

1184 (76)

 Platelet transfusion

626 (40)