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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura 
Clinical:
 • Gingival 
 • Menorrhagia 
 • GI bleeding 
 • Intracranial
Thrombocytopenic Purpura ... children) • Platelets ... extremely low platelet ... Thrombocytopenic #Purpura ... Thrombocytopenia #Diagnosis
Causes of Purpura - Differential Diagnosis
Disruption in Vascular Integrity: 
 • Trauma, Infection, Vasculitis, Drug induced
Causes of Purpura ... - Differential Diagnosis ... C), Pigmented purpuric ... Thrombocytopenia, Platelet ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Indications for Transfusion
Packed RBCs
 • Hgb <7 g/dL or hematocrit <21% in a patient with uncompromised
thrombocytopenic thrombotic purpura ... Platelet transfusions ... thrombocytopenic purpura ... posttransfusion purpura ... thrombocytopenic purpura
Purpuric Skin Lesions - Petechia/Purpura and Ecchymosis 

#Purpuric #Purpura #Petechia #Ecchymosis #Comparison #Dermatology #Skin #Diagnosis #Clinical
Purpuric Skin Lesions ... - Petechia/Purpura ... Ecchymosis #Purpuric ... #Purpura #Petechia ... Dermatology #Skin #Diagnosis
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Diagnosis Framework ... RBC's secondary to platelet ... Thrombocytopenia • Platelet ... : Platelet Defects ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Inherited Qualitative Platelet Defects
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
 • Defect of adhesion due to a lack of GP Ib/IX/V
Inherited Qualitative Platelet ... Single isolated platelets ... without platelet ... Defects #comparison #table ... #differential #diagnosis
Algorithm for Diagnosis of the Petechial / Purpuric Rash

Febrile/Toxic, Palpable: 
 - Meningococcaemia, Disseminated Gonococcal Infection,
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... the Petechial / Purpuric ... Henoch-SchönIein Purpura ... #Petechiae #Purpura ... Rash #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Petechial/Purpuric Rashes- THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

These rashes can be especially challenging and are
associated with devastating differential
devastating differential diagnoses ... physician narrow the diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... rash, the diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology
An Approach to the Unknown Rash: Petechial-Purpuric Rash 
#Diagnosis #Dermatology #Petechial #Purpura #Purpuric #Rash #Palpable #Algorithm
Rash: Petechial-Purpuric ... Rash #Diagnosis ... Dermatology #Petechial #Purpura ... #Purpuric #Rash
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
- Differential Diagnosis ... Platelet Count ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #Platelets