
Episode 174: Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura (TTP)
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The Basics of TTP
The classic kind of features of TTP clinically and particularly from this case that you make more concern that it is TTP. Other kind of fluctuating neurological signs which can start as generalized confusion or weakness and then escalate to full-blown seizures. Also check for a full hemlasis screen so you expect a raised reticular site count, raised LDH and bilarubin,. low haptoglobin although that normally takes longer to come back.
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