TBP Academy

Redirecting attention to subjective experience in health and disease, and understanding modern medicine as a conditional culture that is not universal to time or place.

360 Topic Modules

Essays about blood, that include historical and societal perspectives, fascinating tales in nature, and more.

Trivia Quiz – It’s all in the %!!

[…] Nov 24;375(21):2067-2080. e 80-100% What % of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura ( TTP) present with the classic pentad of: Thrombocytopenia Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia Fluctuating neurological […]

Key Takeaways

[…] and macroangiopathic hemolytic anemia raises concern for an underlying thrombotic microangiopathy, including HELLP, TTP, HUS or AFLP. ✅ HELLP is a variant of severe preeclampsia. ✅ […]

Case

[…] cells, nRBC SCD Sickle cells, Howell-Jolly bodies, nRBC Thalassemia Microcytes PNH Normal Extracorpuscular TTP and other TMA Schistocytes DIC Normal or with occasional schistocytes Valve hemolysis […]

Hemolytic Anemias

[…] anemia Cold agglutinin disease Schistocytes Sickle cells Graphic on hemolytic markers Infographic on TTP Infographic on hereditary spherocytosis Infographic on valve hemolysis Infographic on spur cell […]