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Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Transfusion Thresholds ... donor (apheresis) platelets ... Causes purpura & ... TRALI): Leading cause ... more likely to cause
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
incompatible blood transfusion ... Findings in DIC: • Platelet ... Thrombocytopenia - Platelet ... Treat primary cause ... #diagnosis #causes
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Extravascular Causes ... Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... intravascular coagulation ... HUS) • Other: Transfusion ... Extravascular #Causes
PLATELETS Mnemonic for Causes of Thrombocytopenia

P - Platelet Disorders (DIC, ITP, TTP)
L - Leukemia, Lymphoma
A -
PLATELETS Mnemonic ... for Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... P - Platelet ... A - Aplastic Anemia ... T - Trauma, Transfusion
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
RBC's secondary to platelet ... vascular disorders, coagulation ... Thrombocytopenia • Platelet ... defects • Coagulation ... - Hemolytic anemia
Procedure Risks and Platelet Targets for Transfusion
LOW RISK - Transfuse ≥ 20,000/uL
 • Paracentesis, EGD or
Procedure Risks and Platelet ... Targets for Transfusion ... , Argon plasma coagulation ... Aguila @enrrikke #Platelet ... #Transfusion #thresholds
Hematology Algorithms 

Anemia is described as a reduction in the proportion of the red blood cells.
Hematology Algorithms Anemia ... symptoms related to anemia ... 13 g/dL in men, platelets ... However, these thresholds ... These causes could
Causes of Purpura or Easy Bruising in Children

Platelet count reduced, i.e. thrombocytopenia
 - Increased platelet destruction
Causes of Purpura ... intravascular coagulation ... - Fanconi anaemia ... - Aplastic anaemia ... Purpura #Bruising #Causes