Internal Medicine

Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Questions discussed in this category

Can anti-cardiolipin or anti-beta-2 glycoprotein antibodies cause prolonged PTT in the absence of a lupus anticoagulant?

Labs with normal PT, but prolonged PTT (47 sec, ULN 40 sec) that does not correct on immediate mix. Lupus anticoagulant negative (DRVVT and hexagonal ...

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How would you approach management of a patient with ESRD on the transplant list who is found to have high titer APS labs (ACL, B2GP1, LAC)?

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How would you approach pursuing a kidney biopsy in a patient with suspected lupus nephritis who is on warfarin for antiphospholipid antibody syndrome?

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How often should lupus anticoagulant be checked in patients with SLE if prior was negative or if prior was positive?

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What is your approach to diagnosis and evaluation of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (Libman-Sacks)?

Patient with negative blood cultures, completed 6 weeks of IV antibiotics and vegetation persists. CT imaging without evidence of malignancy. No evide...

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How would you manage a patient with SLE that has a remote history of positive anti-phospholipid antibodies with a current DVT and now completely negative APLs?

Would you still plan for lifelong anticoagulation in this scenario?

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Does phosphatidylserine antibody play a role in the diagnosis of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome?

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How do you manage occlusive bilateral retinal vasculitis with isolated lupus anticoagulant positivity?

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Do you avoid ESA use in patients with anemia and chronic kidney disease who also have APLS and risk for thrombosis?

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Would you start anticoagulation in a patient with provoked blood clot in the past now with labs done for rheumatological reasons showing triple positive APLA?

If so, would you start immediately or wait for the second set of labs to confirm before initiating blood thinners?

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How would approach the management of a patient with significantly positive anticardiolopin and beta 2 glycoprotein antibodies in the absence of any clotting (including obstetric) history but with significant thrombocytopenia (but no other features of active connective tissue disease)?

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How do you manage a DOAC if interested in testing for lupus anticoagulant?

Significant history of autoimmune diseases and DVT in family, recent PE/DVT for a month

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How would you approach a woman with APLA but no thrombosis/APLS, a history of ITP without bleeding who is now pregnant?

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How would you manage warfarin in a patient with APLS and alcoholic cirrhosis?

Nonreliable INR, given hepatic coagulopathy

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In antiphospholipid syndrome with recurrent strokes, would you consider adding antiplatelets to warfarin?

Also how would you manage this perioperatively?

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Do you recommend starting aspirin for a patient with ESKD secondary to lupus nephritis with detected antiphospholipid antibodies on pretransplant workup but no history of a thrombotic event?

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Would you start anticoagulation in a patient with a history of CVA 1 year ago and high risk APL profile who was never started on anticoagulation, but is now presenting for follow up and without recurrent thrombotic events?

The patient has no known history of autoimmune disease.

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Do the level of positive lupus anticoagulant titers correlate with the risk of VTE?

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What would be your approach to a SLE patient who is triple APS positive, has no prior VTE/obstetric events, is stable on HCQ and low dose aspirin, and wants to become pregnant?

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In a patient with APS and obesity during pregnancy when switched to LMWH, do you cap the dose of dalteparin as per manufacturers labeling at 18,000U per day or do you use weight based dosing?

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Is there a role for hydroxychloroquine for secondary prevention in patients with APS without SLE?

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Would you consider antiphospholipid syndrome to be a contraindication for checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy?

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How do you approach low to moderate titer of APLS when working up unprovoked DVT if it is persistent on repeat testing?

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How do you manage a patient with progressive cerebellar ataxia and positive cardiolipin antibodies?

Do you wait 12 weeks for confirmation to begin treatment if patient is declining?

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How would you counsel a patient with active SLE on treatment, low to moderate level of one of the APLS antibodies, and remote history of provoked blood clot regarding perioperative anticoagulation?

Is SLE-related APLS managed differently in terms of anticoagulation?

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How would you approach a low to moderate titer of one of the APLS antibodies in a patient with a strong family history but no personal history of thrombosis?

Although testing was not indicated, what do u do with these results? Other hypercoagulability work up negative

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Do you send an antiphospholipid antibody panel routinely for all patients with an unprovoked thrombus?

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Would you discontinue anticoagulation in patients with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, who have a remote history of thrombotic events and are now negative for pathogenic antiphospholipid antibodies?

Would the answer differ if the index event was arterial vs venous?

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Would you consider thrombophilia testing in a pregnant patient with VTE?

If work-up is sent and the patient is found to have a persistently positive antiphospholipid antibody, particularly lupus anticoagulant, would you con...

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How would you approach a young patient with a history of APLS and VTE, desiring hormone replacement therapy after oophorectomy?

Currently on nonwarfarin therapeutic anticoagulation

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Is there a role for low dose aspirin in a patient with AVN in four large joints who has underlying well-controlled SLE and positive APLs but no history of clots?

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Can APLS cause a false positive HIT ELISA?

If so, is there one type of antibody that is more likely to cause this false positive test?

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Do you offer anticoagulation to patients with prior antiphospholipid antibodies detected in pregnancy without a history of pregnancy loss or thrombosis?

What is the risk of pregnancy loss in absence of anticoagulation? What would you suggest if the patient had anticoagulation in prior pregnancies and r...

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When considering the use of DOACs in APLS, does the number of positive APLS antibodies influence your decision?

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How long would you consider the use of low-dose aspirin in a patient with SLE and high risk aPL profile (without a clinical event)?

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In a patient identified as having APLS because of recurrent pregnancy loss without history of thrombosis, but now has a new DVT/PE during pregnancy despite use of enoxaparin—for how long would you recommend anticoagulation?

Is it time limited since it may have been triggered by the pregnancy or is it indefinite since it is APLS associated?

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How do you interpret elevations in antiphospholipid antibodies that are lower than Sapporo criteria?

(e.g. beta 2 glycoprotein IgM > 20 but <40)

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Do you repeat antiphospholipid antibody testing in a patient that previously met criteria for APLS?

If so, how long after diagnosis do you do so?

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Do you find IgA isotypes of anti-beta2-glycoprotein antibodies and anticardiolipin antibodies to be clinically useful in the evaluation for APS?

Do you routinely check IgA anticardiolipin and beta-2 glycoprotein antibody IgA in your practice? And how would a positive result change your manageme...

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Do you ever consider treatment outside of the peripartum period in a patient with a history of obstetric APS?

i.e. obstretric APS without thrombosis or SLE

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Is there a role for immunosuppression in patients with triple positive antiphospholipid antibodies who do not meet the clinical criteria for APS?

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What is your preferred approach for patients with anti-phospholipid syndrome with recurrent thrombosis on coumadin and LMWH?

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What is your approach to a patient with positive antiphospholipid antibodies who otherwise do not meet clinical criteria for APS?

What if the patient is triple-positive or has continued seropositivity on repeat lab testing? What is the appropriate interval of monitoring and does ...

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Do you recommend COVID vaccination in patients with antiphospholipid antibody positivity or other prothrombotic states not on anti-coagulation?

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Do you consider low-dose aspirin for primary thromboprophylaxis in patients with high-risk antiphospholipid antibody profiles?

While low-dose aspirin for primary thrombosis prevention in aPL without APS is not typically recommended outside cardiovascular prevention guidelines ...

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How do you approach the use of low-dose aspirin for primary prevention in non-pregnant patients with SLE and positive aPL antibodies, without clinical criteria for APS?

Do you follow the 2019 EULAR Guidelines that SLE patients with asymptomatic, positive aPL should be on low-dose ASA?

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Do you check pertussis serologies when sending labs for antiphospholipid syndrome?

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How would you manage a patient with antiphospholipid syndrome in the setting of severe steroid-refractory thrombocytopenia?

Especially in a triple-positive patient with an acute ischemic stroke who may have urgency for anticoagulation with high bleeding risk and severe thro...

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How do you approach anticoagulation in patients with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome and thrombocytopenia?

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Is there any role for direct oral anticoagulants in the treatment of antiphospholipid syndrome?

What if this was "triple-negative" antiphospholipid syndrome?

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Papers discussed in this category

Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 2016-04

Apixaban for the Secondary Prevention of Thrombosis Among Patients With Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Study Rationale and Design (ASTRO-APS).

Blood, 2018 Jul 12

Rivaroxaban vs warfarin in high-risk patients with antiphospholipid syndrome.

Ann. Intern. Med., 2019 Oct 15

Rivaroxaban Versus Vitamin K Antagonist in Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial.

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2018-06-07

McMaster RARE-Bestpractices clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and management of the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome.

Ann Rheum Dis,

Antiphospholipid antibodies and infections.

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 1993-07

Reversible renal failure in the primary antiphospholipid syndrome--a report of two cases.

Arthritis and rheumatism, 2013-02

A pilot open-label phase II trial of rituximab for non-criteria manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2014-02

Eculizumab prevents recurrent antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and enables successful renal transplantation.

Lupus, 2018-03

Hydroxychloroquine in the primary thrombosis prophylaxis of antiphospholipid antibody positive patients without systemic autoimmune disease.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2019-10

EULAR recommendations for the management of antiphospholipid syndrome in adults.

Lupus,

16th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies Task Force Report on Antiphospholipid Syndrome Treatment Trends.

Arthritis Rheum,

Risk factors for thrombosis and primary thrombosis prevention in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with or without antiphospholipid antibodies.

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2021 May 18

Cognitive dysfunction and associated neuroimaging biomarkers in antiphospholipid syndrome: a systematic review.

Am J Transplant, 2013 Jun 13