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TTP
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
platelet thrombi develop in areas of endothelial damage in small vessels; consumption of plateletsContinue reading
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S/S
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
fever, thrombocytopenia, renal failure, hemolytic anemia with schistocytes, CNS deficitsContinue reading
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Lab findings TTP
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
thrombocytopenia, prolonged bleeding time, normal PT and PTTContinue reading
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HUS
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
similar to TTP; endothelial injury from Shiga-like toxin of 0157:H7 E. coli in undercooked beefContinue reading
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S/S factor deficiency
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
no stable fibrin clot-late rebleeding; menorrhagia; GI bleeding; hemarthrosesContinue reading
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Hemophilia A
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
XR; hemarthroses; prolonged PTT, ↓ factor VIII activity, normal VIII antigenContinue reading
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von Willebrand’s disease
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
AD; platelet adhesion defect + factor VIII deficiencyContinue reading
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Lab findings in VWD
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
↓ vWF, VIII antigen, and VIII:C; prolonged bleeding timeContinue reading
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Desmopressin acetate
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Rx of choice for mild von Willebrand’s disease and hemophilia AContinue reading
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Circulating anticoagulants
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
antibodies destroy coagulation factorsContinue reading