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In reply. Dr Parsons raises 3 concerns regarding our case report of an oral pentosan polysulfate sodium–induced coagulopathy.¹ First, he states that the abstract contains limited information regarding the details of our young patient's presentation. As is evident, the length of the abstract is dictated by editorial policy and, for the purposes of a clinical observation, serves to briefly introduce the purpose and outcome of the presented case. We acknowledge that the full details of the case cannot be presented within the limited parameters of the abstract and can only hope that, as would be expected with all published literature, readers will review the full contents of the article before assuming any hastily drawn conclusions. Second, Dr Parsons says that we neglected to report the patient's preoperative coagulation panel. As is expressly reported in our case presentation, coagulation studies had not been obtained before insertion of the patient's central venous . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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