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• How does your facility measure extended half-life factor VIII concentrate therapy? - 26 votes - open
• For chronic bleeds, poor wound healing with normal PT, PTT, FG and platelets, what assay should be next? - 123 votes - open
• Refer to QQ: 5-YO Girl With Systemic Bleeding. What diagnosis fits no aggregation reponse to ADP, collagen, and AA? - 71 votes - open
• When collecting hemostasis specimens, when do you use a discard tube? - 59 votes - open
• What may you substitute for the PT when LAC prolongs the PT? - 61 votes - open
• What factor assays do you perform to distinguish liver disease from vitamin K deficiency? - 95 votes - open
• A 25-YO experienced chronic soft tissue bleeding and poor wound healing. His PT, PTT, and PLT count were normal. What follow-up assay is indicated? - 118 votes - open
• A 60-YO man taking 20 mg/day rivaroxaban for AFIB needs a high bleeding risk surgery. His creatinine is 0.9 mg/dL When should the DOAC be discontinued? - 78 votes - open
• A 60-YO man taking 40 mg/day rivaroxaban for AFIB needs a high bleeding risk surgery. His creatinine is 1.2 mg/dL When should the DOAC be discontinued? - 4 votes - open
• How does your institution manage trauma-induced coagulopathy? - 23 votes - open
• What laboratory assay confirms thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)? - 80 votes - open
• A rheumatologist orders a thrombophilia profile that includes a genotypic factor V Leiden mutation assay. You... - 46 votes - open
• See Case Study: DVT in Pregnancy - 29 votes - open
• Please select the specimen integrity entry, https://fritsmafactor.com/post/specimen-integrity-survey, and answer the survey. - 14 votes - open
• Please refer to our 2-1-19 case and choose the most likely preliminary diagnosis. - 57 votes - open

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