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Top tips for triaging and treating kids with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome
#Diagnosis #Management #PatientInfo #Peds #Pediatrics #PittHopkins
treating kids with Pitt ... Hopkins Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Management
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Evaluation Algorithm

- Dr. Josh Farkas @PulmCrit

#4TScore #HITT #Algorithm #HeparinInduced #Thrombocytopenia #Diagnosis #Criteria #Hematology
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia ... PulmCrit #4TScore #HITT ... HeparinInduced #Thrombocytopenia ... #Diagnosis #Criteria
Bayesian combination of 4T score with Heparin PF4 antibody titer to obtain the post-test probability of
PF4Antibody #Bayesian #Diagnosis ... #Hematology #HITT ... #Thrombocytopenia
4T Score for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

Interpretation of the 4T score:
0-3 points:  Low probability (<<1%)
  -
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia ... further workup of HITT ... agent #4TScore #HITT ... HeparinInduced #Thrombocytopenia ... #Diagnosis #Criteria
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Antibody-mediated: ITP, HITT ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Thrombocytopenia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) - Diagnostic Algorithm

#Vaccine #Induced #Immune #Thrombotic #Thrombocytopenia #VITT #diagnosis #algorithm
Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia ... (VITT) - Diagnostic ... Immune #Thrombotic #Thrombocytopenia ... #VITT #diagnosis
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
transfusion • Thrombocytopenia ... • Prolonged PT/PTT ... PT/INR: ↑ • PTT ... coagulopathy - Thrombocytopenia ... #Coagulation #diagnosis
Therefore, studies obtained at the initial presentation in the emergency department should evaluate for fibrinolysis with
thromboplastin time (PTT ... for anemia and thrombocytopenia ... #Diagnosis #Honc
Platelet disorders and Aggregometry
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
 • Defective aggregation to all agonists except ristocetin
 • Normal platelet,
platelet, PT, PTT ... Gplb receptor • Thrombcytopenia ... #differential #diagnosis
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic ... activity is the diagnostic ... available for rapid diagnosis ... performed PT, PTT ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis