Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP): Bleeding!, Only time you can do platelet transfusions!, Main treatment = corticosteroids, Antibodies toward platelets = platelets are destroyed in the spleen, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP): Bleeding and clotting!, Deficiency of an enzyme that breaks down VWF, Main treatment is removing the cause (if known) and plasmapheresis, Platelet count decreases in circulation as platelets cluster in one area, Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT): Clotting!, Argatroban (thrombin inhibitor), An immune-mediated response to heparin, Pt. can never receive heparin/enoxaparin again,

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