Table 4. Anticoagulant treatment... | American Society of Hematology

Table 4.

Anticoagulant treatment interruptions

Reason for interruption	Children, n	Interruptions, n	Duration of all interruptions by patient, mean (range), d
Platelet count <50 × 10⁹/L	13	38	8.2 (1-18)
Lumbar puncture∗	7	23	3.3 (1-4)
Invasive procedure†	5	6	1.6 (1-2)
Minor/CRNM bleed	3	3	4.3 (1-8)
Total	26‡	70	5.8 (1-18)

Reason for interruption	Children, n	Interruptions, n	Duration of all interruptions by patient, mean (range), d
Platelet count <50 × 10⁹/L	13	38	8.2 (1-18)
Lumbar puncture∗	7	23	3.3 (1-4)
Invasive procedure†	5	6	1.6 (1-2)
Minor/CRNM bleed	3	3	4.3 (1-8)
Total	26‡	70	5.8 (1-18)

Lumbar puncture performed for diagnostic reason (n = 1) or intrathecal drug administration (n = 6).

Amputation, removal caval filter, bone marrow aspiration, external ventricular drain, or central venous catheter placement.

Two children had 2 reasons for interruption.