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This study aimed to describe the clinical features and outcomes of trauma-induced TMA (t-TMA) to assist in early diagnosis and management. Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on 30 trauma patients diagnosed with t-TMA between 2014 and 2019. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data, as well as treatment methods, were analyzed. Results: Thrombocytopenia (&lt;50,000\/\u00b5L) occurred, on average, 2.9 days post-trauma, with diagnosis following 3.6 days later. Patients had a mean age of 67.6 years, and 63.3% were male. Clinical presentations included acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement therapy (86.7%), altered mental status (53.3%), non-infectious fever (50%), and digital necrosis (43.3%). Eighteen patients were treated with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) alone, nine with TPE and methylprednisolone, and three with methylprednisolone alone. Remission was achieved in 96.7% of all cases. The mean TPE duration was 6.1 days, prolonged by prior platelet transfusions. The mortality rate was 26.7% (8\/30), with sepsis being the most common cause of death (five patients), particularly for those treated with TPE and methylprednisolone. Conclusions: Trauma-induced TMA should be suspected in trauma patients presenting with unexplained thrombocytopenia, AKI, and elevated LDH. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment are crucial, while unnecessary platelet transfusions should be avoided. Careful infection management is critical to improving patient outcomes, particularly if patients are treated with TPE and methylprednisolone.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13216527","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,30]],"date-time":"2024-10-30T09:11:24Z","timestamp":1730279484000},"page":"6527","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Courses of Trauma-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Retrospective Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-0241-7788","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Suyeong","family":"Hwang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gun Woo","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2899-9963","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sung Hoon","family":"Cho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6842-7129","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kyoung Hoon","family":"Lim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"589","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMra020528","article-title":"Thrombotic microangiopathies","volume":"347","author":"Moake","year":"2002","journal-title":"N. 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