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Category Haematology
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Lupus Anticoagulants

OVERVIEW Lupus Anticoagulants -> result in acquired hypercoagulability due to poorly understood actions ? alteration of the regulation of haemostasis and endothelial cell injury ASSOCIATIONS MANAGEMENT (1) APTT (2) dilute Russell viper venom time (3) silica clotting time(4) kaolin clotting…

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Haemolytic anaemia

Reviewed and revised 27 October 2016 OVERVIEW Definition Haemolytic anaemia is anemia due to shortened survival of red blood cells (RBCs) in the circulation Normal RBC lifespan is about 120 days, therefore it is useful to think of hemolytic anemia…

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Acute Coagulopathy of Trauma

new terms that are in vogue are trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC) and acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) - not simply a 'dilutional coagulopathy' or 'consumptive coagulopathy'!