Neurology

Benign Hematology

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Would you start anticoagulation in a patient with a history of CVA 1 year ago and high risk APL profile who was never started on anticoagulation, but is now presenting for follow up and without recurrent thrombotic events?

The patient has no known history of autoimmune disease.

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How would you approach protein S deficiency found on hypercoagulability work-up in a patient with a post-operative central retinal vein occlusion?

In the setting of no personal or family history and no other risk factors for thrombosis, is systemic anticoagulation warranted if local treatments (e...

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How long after starting anticoagulation would you remove an IVC filter in a patient with a DVT presenting with stroke and PFO which is now closed?

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Is antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy preferred for the secondary prophylaxis of cryptogenic stroke in a patient with underlying malignancy?

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How do you manage drug-induced thrombocytopenia when the implicated drug is essential?

e.g. DITP from eptifibatide after a cardiac intervention

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J Am Heart Assoc, 2020 Nov 23

Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Inherited Thrombophilia and Venous Thromboembolism: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Am J Hematol,

Protein S abnormalities: a diagnostic nightmare.

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