Rheumatology

Hemostasis/Thrombosis

Questions discussed in this category

Do you consider co-prescribing hormone therapy and anticoagulation in a patient with prior DVT and uncontrollable VSM uncontrolled by non-hormonal therapies?

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Can anti-cardiolipin or anti-beta-2 glycoprotein antibodies cause prolonged PTT in the absence of a lupus anticoagulant?

Labs with normal PT, but prolonged PTT (47 sec; ULN 40 sec) that does not correct on immediate mix. Lupus anticoagulant negative (DRVVT and hexagonal ...

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Would you consider using DOACs as a bridge to warfarin instead of heparin or LMWH?

For example, would you consider this method in an ESRD/HD patient with antiphospholipid syndrome who had a major bleed requiring reversal of warfarin ...

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Can lupus anticoagulant be positive despite a normal aPTT?

How often does this occur and does this lower your suspicion for a "true" or clinically significant lupus anticoagulant?

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Would you consider caplacizumab in a pregnant patient with iTTP?

Caplacizumab is not FDA approved in pregnant patients, but has been used safely in isolated case reports.

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Do you send an antiphospholipid antibody panel routinely for all patients with an unprovoked thrombus?

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How would you approach the treatment of a patient who, during a hospitalization, was initially diagnosed with TTP and treated with PLEX with good response, but renal biopsy then resulted class IV LN along with changes of thrombotic microangiopathy?

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In patients who develop a VTE, what conditions do you consider as persistent, provoking risk factors, and at what point are they controlled enough to stop anticoagulation?

I.e., what constitutes well-controlled cancer, IBD, nephrotic syndrome, etc. What other diseases do you put in this category (obesity, autoimmune dise...

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Would you anticoagulate recurrent venous thromboembolism in a patient with Ehlers Danlos syndrome?

How would the approach differ if the patient had a significant bleeding phenotype vs only minor bruising and mucosal bleeding?

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Should we recommend the COVID-19 booster vaccine to patients who had a DVT or any other complications such as hemolytic anemia or thrombocytopenia from prior vaccine doses?

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Do you consider low-dose aspirin for primary thromboprophylaxis in patients with high-risk antiphospholipid antibody profiles?

While low-dose aspirin for primary thrombosis prevention in aPL without APS is not typically recommended outside cardiovascular prevention guidelines ...

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Is there any role for direct oral anticoagulants in the treatment of antiphospholipid syndrome?

What if this was "triple-negative" antiphospholipid syndrome?

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