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Cool echo - RV strain, McConnell sign, and CLOT IN TRANSIT!! BP is normal and pt
is normal and pt ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... Sign #Pulmonary #Embolism ... #Thrombus #Clots ... #InTransit
ISTH Scoring System for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Platelet count:
 • Expected: Low (or normal)
 • Elevation
, aPTT: • Expected ... using INR use PT ... to form clots, ... ISTH #Scoring #diagnosis ... #hematology #laboratory
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 ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Clots #InTransit
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 ... intravascularcoagulation (DIC ... #differential #hematology
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Congenital intrinsic ... drugs e.g. direct thrombin ... intravascular coagulation (DIC ... #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
• Increased thrombin ... significant fibrin clot ... INR < 2.3 - APTT ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... treatment #management #hematology
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 ... #hematology #pathophysiology
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
- Differential Diagnosis ... Warfarin • Acute DIC ... disease • Acute DIC ... warfarin, direct thrombin ... #Hematology
This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who was transferred in profound
Her working diagnoses ... POCUS #Cardiac #A4C ... #MassivePE #Embolism ... #Thrombus #Clots ... #InTransit