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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
• TMA’s (HUS/TTP ... + Bleeding Treatment ... Treat primary cause ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... #causes #treatment
Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Diagnosis of TTP:
 • Rare and severe, ADAMTS13 deficiency
 • Autoimmune
Treatment of Thrombotic ... ) Diagnosis of ... HUS) Treatment ... is diagnosed, in ... Purpura #management #treatment
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... HELLP Syndrome • TTP ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
Microangiopathy - TTP ... distinction has HUGE treatment ... implications : TTP ... and first-line treatment ... thrombocytopenia #Comparison #Diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... needle + 3-way tap ... • Diagnostic ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Causes of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STRUCTURAL:
 - PFO: paradoxical emboli
 - Popliteal
Causes of Arterial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... artery aneurysm: Causes ... MALIGNANCY: - TMA: TTP ... HIT - MAHA: TTP
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Microangiopathy: DIC, TTP ... Antibody-mediated: ITP ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) vs Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
#Diagnosis #TTP #DIC #Comparison #Table #Laboratory #Findings #RebelEM
Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP ... Coagulation (DIC) #Diagnosis ... #TTP #DIC #Comparison
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... Thrombocytopenia: ITP ... disease - DIC/TTP ... Defects: • DIC, TTP ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TMAs
1. Not all MAHAs are due to TMAs but (almost) all TMAs cause
almost) all TMAs cause ... TMA is due to TTP ... TTP is only TMA ... TMAs #hematology #diagnosis ... #ttp #hus