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Give at least five markers of differentiation between acute and chronic ITP.
 
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What laboratory tests are used to assess disorders of primary hemostasis and secondary hemostasis?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer:
a. Age of the patient >>> acute: typically children (between ages 2-4); chronic: middle-age adults.
b. Platelet count >>>acute = <20 x 109>c. Sex predilection >>> acute: none; chronic: 3:1 ratio of females: males
d. Common lab findings >>> chronic: none noted; acute: accompanying eosinophilia and lymphocytosis
e. Onset of bleeding >>> acute: abrupt; chronic: insidious
f. Duration of episodes >>> acute: 2-6 weeks; chronic: months-years
g. Spontaneous remissions >>> acute: in vast majority of cases; chronic: rare

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 Primary hemostasis: bleeding time, platelet count
 Secondary hemostasis: prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)


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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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