Author Question: Give at least five markers of differentiation between acute and chronic ITP. What will be an ... (Read 17 times)

cool · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

Give at least five markers of differentiation between acute and chronic ITP.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What laboratory tests are used to assess disorders of primary hemostasis and secondary hemostasis?

What will be an ideal response?

princessflame2016 · **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

Answer to Question 2

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