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Lecture 9: Platelet Function and Pathophysiology

Platelets have a critical role in primary hemostasis.

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A wide range of hereditary and acquired disorders impact platelet function, leading to bleeding​

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Objectives:

  1. Recognize the common clinical presentation of qualitative platelet disorders

  2. Understand the typical mechanisms by which inherited defects of platelet function occur and list a disorder that exemplifies each mechanism

  3. Describe the most common acquired platelet function defects and their clinical presentations.

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Presentation:

Michele P Lambert MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Date: November 18, 2021​​​​

Platelet aggregation studies help differentiate different types of hereditary platelet disorders.

Image: Gerald A Soff MD

Image:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upper_Arm_Bruise.jpg

 

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