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Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) . 

#Idiopathic #Thrombocytopenic #Purpura #Immune #Thrombocytopenia #ITP #Management #Hematology
Management of Immune ... Thrombocytopenia ... #Idiopathic #Thrombocytopenic ... #ITP #Management ... #Hematology
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura 
Clinical:
 • Gingival 
 • Menorrhagia 
 • GI bleeding 
 • Intracranial
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic ... Intracranial hemorrhage Management ... ITP #Idiopathic #Thrombocytopenic ... #Purpura #Thrombocytopenia ... Diagnosis #Overview #Hematology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Likelihood, Diagnosis and Management
 - HIT Suspected
 - Calculate 4T Score
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia ... Diagnosis and Management ... Heparin #Induced #Thrombocytopenia ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TMAs
1. Not all MAHAs are due to TMAs but (almost) all TMAs cause
Microangiopathy - TMAs ... MAHAs are due to TMAs ... but (almost) all TMAs ... triad of MAHA + thrombocytopenia ... #hematology #diagnosis
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... autoinflammatory diseases ... Complications: MAS ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
highly inflammatory disease ... of underlying disease ... leukopenia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Diagnosis of TTP:
 • Rare and severe, ADAMTS13 deficiency
 • Autoimmune
of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic ... TTP Thrombotic #Thrombocytopenic ... #Purpura #management ... #treatment #rheumatology ... #hematology
Proposed Treatment Algorithm for MAS / HLH

#MAS #HLH #Hemophagocytic #Lymphohistiocytosis #Management #Treatment #Algorithm #Hematology
Algorithm for MAS ... / HLH #MAS # ... Lymphohistiocytosis #Management ... Treatment #Algorithm #Hematology
Indications for Transfusion
Packed RBCs
 • Hgb <7 g/dL or hematocrit <21% in a patient with uncompromised
cardiovascular disease ... in setting of thrombocytopenic ... in idiopathic thrombocytopenic ... von Willebrand disease ... Indications #Thresholds #Management
Von Willebrand Disease - Most common inherited bleeding disorder 
Clinical 
 • Easy bruising 
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Von Willebrand Disease ... platelet count (mild thrombocytopenia ... VonWillebrand #Disease ... #Diagnosis #Hematology