Management
Treatment options for thrombocytopenia include zidovu-dine, corticosteroids, intravenous immune globulin (IVIG), interferon-alpha, splenectomy or splenic irradiation, and column pheresis.55 Studies are currently under way eval-uating the efficacy of thrombocytopoiesis-stimulating factor and recombinant human thrombopoietin in the management of thrombocytopenia. Although the use of thrombopoietin (TPO) may offer a promising alternative to many of these more invasive and perilous treatments, it currently has limited clinical role