Coagulation Disorders Tutorial
 
Introduction

Very Sociable Guy

Chest Pain

Girl with a Rash  

England 1944

Trouble Healing

Morning Stiffness

Bruises Easily

Shortness of Breath

Drug Interactions

Review

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Quiz Please

Sure, you can acquire both a prolonged PT and aPTT.
 
  • Problems of final common path.
  • Multiple defects, involving both intrinsic  and extrinsic pathways.
    • Vitamin K proteins, II, VII, IX & X.
  • Medication history might be nice.
    • Maybe he's taking coumadin?
  • Wife might be slipping him rat poison.
  • Maybe he has a drinking history?
  • Is he a little jaundiced?


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