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Hemostasis and Coagulation Disorders

Hemostasis and Coagulation Disorders — Internal Medicine

How it begins

Análisis exhaustivo de la fisiología de la hemostasia, el diagnóstico diferencial de las diátesis hemorrágicas y trombóticas, y el manejo clínico avanzado de cada entidad con base en la evidencia contemporánea.

What it covers

  1. Hemostasis and Coagulation Disorders
  2. Physiology of Hemostasis — The Three-Phase System
  3. · Primary hemostasis — Platelet plug formation
  4. The Coagulation Cascade — Contemporary Cellular Model
  5. · Cellular model of coagulation — Three phases
  6. · Fibrin clot formation and consolidation
  7. · Natural anticoagulants — Brake system
  8. Fibrinolysis — Clot Removal System
  9. Laboratory Tests of Hemostasis — Expert Interpretation
  10. · Front-line tests
  11. · Interpretation of laboratory patterns
  12. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
  13. · Temporal classification
  14. · Treatment by lines — ASH Guidelines 2019
  15. Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)
  16. · Score 4T — Pretest probability of HIT
  17. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
  18. Other Clinically Relevant Thrombocytopenias
  19. Qualitative Platelet Disorders — Bernard-Soulier and Glanzmann
  20. Von Willebrand Disease (VWD) — The Most Common Coagulopathy
  21. Hemophilia A and B — X-Linked Coagulopathies
  22. · Clinical manifestations
  23. · Treatment — Era of extended half-life (EHL) agents
  24. Other Rare Hereditary Coagulopathies
  25. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
  26. · Main causes of DIC
  27. · DIC diagnostic score (ISTH 2001) — for overt DIC
  28. Hepatic Coagulopathy — The Hemostatic Rebalance Paradigm
  29. Management of Bleeding due to Anticoagulants
  30. Hereditary Thrombophilias — Epidemiology and Clinical Risk
  31. Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) — Prototypical Acquired Thrombophilia
  32. · Sapporo classification criteria (revised 2006)
  33. · Catastrophic SAF (CAPS) — The emergency of the SAF
  34. Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) — Diagnosis and Treatment
  35. · Wells Score for DVT and PE — Pretest Probability
  36. · Severity stratification of PE — ESC 2019 Model
  37. · Duration of anticoagulation in VTE

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Subject
Internal Medicine
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
37
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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