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Cool echo - RV strain, McConnell sign, and CLOT IN TRANSIT!! BP is normal and pt
pt not in distress ... @eabramsMD #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... Pulmonary #Embolism #Thrombus ... #Clots #InTransit
This 24M presented with acute onset CP/SOB, hypoxia, HR 150s. What's the diagnosis? Treatment options? Hint:
What's the diagnosis ... Thrombus in transit ... Pt had extensive ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Clots #InTransit
The coagulation cascade is shown, separated into different phases with their endogenous and pharmacological inhibitors shown.
along with FXIIa (intrinsic ... Thrombin, then primes ... #clot #PT #PTT ... #diagnosis #models ... pathophysiology #anticoagulation
ISTH Scoring System for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Platelet count:
 • Expected: Low (or normal)
 • Elevation
platelet aggregation PT ... , aPTT: • Expected ... using INR use PT ... to form clots, ... ISTH #Scoring #diagnosis
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
PT and/or aPTT ... Congenital intrinsic ... drugs e.g. direct thrombin ... #PT #aPTT #Prolonged ... #Causes #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
PT and the aPTT ... affected in the intrinsic ... drugs (e.g. direct thrombin ... amyloidosis #Abnormal ... #PT #aPTT #Prolonged
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
PT/NORMAL PTT: ... PT/ABNORMAL PTT ... PT/NORMAL PTT: ... PT/ABNORMAL PTT ... warfarin, direct thrombin
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
• Prolonged PT ... • Increased thrombin ... organ damage Clinical ... significant fibrin clot ... #Coagulation #diagnosis
Greater Saphenous Vein Thrombosis on POCUS
Pt-leg pain/redness/swelling. Proximal TRV image. 
Diagnosis: Greater Saphenous Vein Thrombosis without
Thrombosis on POCUS Pt-leg ... Diagnosis: Greater ... or prior hx of clots ... be treated with anticoagulation ... Thrombosis #POCUS #clinical
This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who was transferred in profound
Her working diagnoses ... this Echo in this clinical ... POCUS #Cardiac #A4C ... MassivePE #Embolism #Thrombus ... #Clots #InTransit