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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology • Internal Medicine • Thrombosis • Hematology • Pediatric Hematology • Benign Hematology
How do you counsel patients with elevated factor VIII levels for their thrombosis risk?
Should we stop checking factor VIII levels as part of thrombosis workup?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I don't check the factor VIII level as part of a thrombosis workup because the result rarely if ever affects my management of these patients.
I would explain to the patient that factor VIII levels are a function of several variables, including age, vascular health (and hence blood pressure, smoking...
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