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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
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
ISTH Scoring System for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Platelet count:
 • Expected: Low (or normal)
 • Elevation
for Disseminated Intravascular ... , 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
Causes of Abnormal PT ... Congenital intrinsic ... drugs e.g. direct thrombin ... Disseminated intravascular ... #Causes #diagnosis
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Disseminated Intravascular ... • Prolonged PT ... • Increased thrombin ... significant fibrin clot ... #Coagulation #diagnosis
The coagulation cascade is shown, separated into different phases with their endogenous and pharmacological inhibitors shown.
FVa to generate thrombin ... along with FXIIa (intrinsic ... Thrombin, then primes ... #clot #PT #PTT ... #diagnosis #models
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
- Differential Diagnosis ... Abnormality in the intrinsic ... , disseminated intravascular ... pathway to the intrinsic ... warfarin, direct thrombin
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