ITP in pregnancy: Doses of corticosteroids
Pregnant women with immune thrombocytopenia should start receiving corticosteroid treatment 2 weeks before delivery. What should be the dose of steroids?
Pregnant women with immune thrombocytopenia should start receiving corticosteroid treatment 2 weeks before delivery. What should be the dose of steroids?
What is the recommended management of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in pregnant women?
Do you recommend vaccinations in patients with hematologic malignancies?
Do you use prednisone or dexamethasone in the first-line treatment of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)?
What is your approach to reactive thrombocythemia? Do you use anticoagulants or aspirin?
Do you use heparin in disseminated intravascular coagulation?
Do you perform splenectomy in patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who do not respond to steroid treatment?
How do you manage isolated and asymptomatic leukopenia or neutropenia? What tests do you perform?
What patients should not be restarted on anticoagulation therapy following an episode of severe bleeding?
If a patient requires red blood cell transfusion, do you start from one unit and then decide about the next one, or do you administer 2 units up front?