General Internal Medicine

Thrombocytopenia

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How do you approach evaluation for underlying rheumatologic disease in patients with chronic asymptomatic thrombocytopenia?

Thrombocytopenia is moderate (80-100,000 microL). No concomitant cytopenias present.

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How do you approach anticoagulation in the setting of HIT and thrombocytopenia?

I.e. platelet count <30. Would your management change if HIT were only suspected rather than confirmed?

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In a patient with a history of HIT, how would you reintroduce Heparin?

Is it only done when heparin is used in an emergency?

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How do you approach a persistently elevated mean platelet volume and immature platelet fraction in an otherwise healthy patient with a normal platelet count?

Provided that the platelet count is normal, do you usually consider this to be a potential erroneous result or do you pursue additional workup for RBC...

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Is there a correlation between spleen size and degree of thrombocytopenia?

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Below what platelet count would you avoid using an AV fistula in a patient with ESKD and thrombocytopenia?

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How do you explain TTP to patients?

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At what platelet count would you feel comfortable dosing aspirin 81 mg for coronary artery disease in a patient with ITP?

Presuming strong indication for ASA - eg history of NSTEMI

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To what extent does the degree of thrombocytopenia correlate with the severity of cirrhosis?

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Would you give a TPO agonist for thrombocytopenia in alcoholic cirrhosis?

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For treatment of ITP, what would you add to dexamethasone to achieve the fastest recovery in a patient waiting for a procedure?

IVIG, TPO, or other agents?

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How do you approach the treatment of drug-induced thrombotic microangiopathy?

When do you consider initiating eculizumab?

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When (if ever) do you check for anti-platelet antibodies for workup of thrombocytopenia?

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What is your approach to treating refractory thrombocytopenia in lupus?

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Papers discussed in this category

Blood, 2015 May 13

A novel triple therapy for ITP using high-dose dexamethasone, low-dose rituximab, and cyclosporine (TT4).

Blood, 2009 Nov 06

Combination immunosuppressant therapy for patients with chronic refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013-01

Thrombocytopenia associated with one type of polysulfone hemodialysis membrane: a report of 5 cases.

Seminars in dialysis, 2014

Thrombocytopenia in ESRD patients: epidemiology, mechanisms and interventional nephrology perspective.

Kidney Int, 2012 May 16

Hemodialysis effect on platelet count and function and hemodialysis-associated thrombocytopenia.

European journal of haematology, 2003-08

Danaparoid for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: an analysis of treatment failures.

Blood, 2016 Apr 25

How I treat patients with a history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

Autoimmunity reviews, 2018 Apr 07

Antinuclear antibodies: Is the indirect immunofluorescence still the gold standard or should be replaced by solid phase assays?

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Thrombocytopenia

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