Decreased platelet counts also regularly occur in children receiving this live attenuated vaccination, but the thrombocytopenia is rarely clinically important
What is the measles vaccination
100
can be seen after teenagers spread this via swapping spit
What is infectious mononucleosis
100
this anti htn medication also has minimal diuretic properties
What is thiazide diuretics
100
seen in many or our yellow VA patients
What is cirrhosis
100
150-450, 2.5%
What is the normal platelet count and what percentage of the normal population will have a lower than normal count
200
Certain infectious agents are capable of damaging megakaryocytes directly, such as this virus which was spread in bathouses on the west coast
What is HIV
200
Seen in pregnant women with abnormal lfts, and elevated LDH
What is HELP syndrome
200
this drug was recently in the news and max dose of 80mg now has black box warning
What is simvastatin
200
Everytime Dr Williams has to see new babies in the NBN, he asks you about this lab
What is hep B...and c
200
platelets are derived from these precursor cells
What is megakaryocyte
300
we often check these labs on chronic etoh abusers
What is b12 and folate
300
initiated by gram + septicemia, pregnancy complications and propagated by shock and complement pathway activation
What is DIC
300
this drug may be given to a clinic patient who ahs be diagnosed with a painful, purulent community-aquired skin infection
What is bactrim
300
often diagnosed via ultrasound
What is hyperspleenism
300
8-10 days
What is the average lifespan of a platelet
400
lots of people suffered from this last sunday
What is direct alcohol toxicity
400
seen in post-transfusion, neonatal, post- transplantation
What is alloimmune destruction
400
this is one of the most common autoimmune disorders and is caused by autoantibodies to platelets. This condition is typically observed in adults aged 20-40 years. It has an insidious onset, and a history of an antecedent infection need not be present
What is chronic ITP
400
often seen with bilateral lower extremity edema and shortness of breath
What is heart failure
400
In normal individuals, approximately one-third of the total platelet mass is found here, in equilibrium with the circulating pool of platelets
that would be in the spleen, bob
500
In cases of congenital or acquired bone marrow aplasia or hypoplasia, such as ???????????, . Named after a swiss pediatrician who discovered the disease
What is Fanconi anemia
500
with this disease, the mechanism in many cases is presumed to be due to the presence of autoimmune anti-platelet antibodies.
What is ITP or SLE
500
This is a rare but serious disorder that was initially described as a pentad of thrombocytopenia (with purpura), red blood cell fragmentation, renal failure, neurologic dysfunction, and fever.
What is TTP
500
this disease presents severe upper abdominal pain, jaundice, hepatomegaly (enlarged liver), ascites, elevated liver enzymes, and eventually encephalopathy
What is budd-chiari syndrome
500
this can lead to platelet clumping and spurious thrombocytopenia and spurious leukocytosis
What is EDTA- dependent agglutinins.
This is thought to result from a "naturally occurring" platelet autoantibody directed against a normally concealed epitope on the platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa, which becomes exposed by EDTA-induced dissociation of GP IIb/IIIa