TTP Quiz – Part 4
TTP is a thrombotic microangiopathy caused by a deficiency of ___ which results in thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and widespread multiorgan thrombosis and injury. Fill […]
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Post-Discharge Care
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Peripheral Smears
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Quiz on TTP Classification
Name the 2 major types of TTP Click for Answer Acquired (immune) Congenital What is the difference between primary and secondary immune/acquired TTP (just one answer […]
Pathophysiology of TTP
[…] cloning of ADAMTS13 revealed that impaired cleavage of ULVWF drives microvascular thrombosis in TTP. The distinction between congenital TTP caused by ADAMTS13 mutations and immune-mediated TTP […]
Journal Club – TTP
[…] Med. 2019; 380(4): 335-346. Clinical Question: In patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura ( TTP), does addition of caplacizumab to plasma exchange improve time to normalization of […]
Coach’s Corner
[…] 1 Background: The ISTH guidelines for the diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura ( TTP) recommends assessing the pretest probability of TTP using clinical assessment (gestalt) and/or […]