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General Internal Medicine
Hemostasis
Questions discussed in this category
For an asymptomatic patient discovered during workup for elevated PT/PTT to have mild prothrombin deficiency, would you suggest any preoperative prophylaxis?
Level >60%. No family or surgical h/o of bleeding but heavy postpartum bleeding.
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How do you interpret a low VWF activity/antigen ratio, when both activity and antigen levels are above 50%?
E.g. Normal F8, VWF activity ~50%, VWF antigen ~100%, ratio 0.5 sent in a patient with positive bleeding history Is there any clinical significance t...
1 Answer available
What is your recommended management algorithm for bleeding associated with an acquired factor VIII inhibitor?
1 Answer available
How would you manage VTE in a patient with bleeding disorder such as hemophilia?
Have you used anticoagulants other than coumadin? Or is that the only appropriate agent given monitoring is based on PT/INR?
1 Answer available
How would you manage a patient with acquired von Willebrand disease who requires DAPT for arterial disease?
1 Answer available
Do you account for the effect of coffee on platelet aggregation studies?
1 Answer available
How do you evaluate an isolated prolonged aPTT in patients?
Especially in a patient without hemophilia or thrombosis history?
1 Answer available
Are patients with bleeding disorders receiving plasma-derived products at increased risk of acquiring COVID-19?
1 Answer available
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Papers discussed in this category
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2013-04-10
Recommendations for the Standardization of Light Transmission Aggregometry: A Consensus of the Working Party from the Platelet Physiology Subcommittee of SSC/ISTH.
J Thromb Haemost, 2009 Aug 19
Reducing intra-individual variation in platelet aggregation: implications for platelet function testing.
Clin Appl Thromb Hemost, 2018 Jun 19
Platelet Aggregation in Healthy Participants is Not Affected by Smoking, Drinking Coffee, Consuming a High-Fat Meal, or Performing Physical Exercise.
Blood, 2016-07-14
How I treat patients with inherited bleeding disorders who need anticoagulant therapy.
Blood, 2016 Sep 26
New concepts for anticoagulant therapy in persons with hemophilia.
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