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IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA by Stephanie S. Jewett Posted Sun 18 Jul 2010 8:50am may have a platelet count of less than 10,000. Acute thrombocytopenic purpura is usually seen in young children (2-6 years of age) and the symptoms can follow... I remember as a child, a friend of mine had a disorder called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. It sounded so awful and I thought she was really sick Read on »

Breaking News: Astros Fire Garner, Purpura by Eli .. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 3:45am The Astros announced today that they will fire GM Tim Purpura and manager Phil Garner today, replacing them with Interim GM Tal Smith and Manager Cecil Cooper. Garner, who hes been fairly successful with the Astros, finishing second in the NL Central since 2004 even winning a trip to the World Series only to be defeated by the White Sox in 2005 Read on »

Purpura, bleeding and Quikclot by sailor70 Posted Wed 01 Jul 2009 7:24am My sister-in-laws suffers from a condition called Purpura which looks like a rash on her forearms. The site of rash can bleed severely if she bumps it and it is very difficult to stop the bleeding. In addition, she has such scarring from those incidents that she has stopped wearing short-sleeved tops, so as to avoid questions and embarrassment Read on »

Arsenic for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Offers Complete Remission by Cancer.gov Posted Tue 22 Feb 2011 11:11pm ... Read on »

WHO: Acute respiratory (including swine flu) disease prevalence around the world by Meryl Nass Posted Sat 26 Dec 2009 12:00am Read on »

Acute care bundling can benefit patients, providers AND payers by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert

Posted Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:01pm By Rick Norling Retired CEO Premier healthcare alliance Innovative efforts at Geisinger Health System to re-engineer care have led to an exciting concept called acute care bundling. The boundaries of acute care have typically been admission and discharge processes at hospitals. However, the opportunity for process improvement and the elimination Read on »

Arch Neurol — Nonocclusion and Spontaneous Recanalization Rates in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Review of Cerebral Angiography by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

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Subtle ST elevation in acute LAD occlusion; persistent ST elevation due to poor microvascular perfusion by Stephen Smith Posted Wed 06 Oct 2010 9:59am Read on »

Down and Dirty: 12 Lead ECG Interpretation of the Acute Myocardial Infarction Patient by JASON WINTER Posted Tue 01 Dec 2009 3:48pm Check out this SlideShare Presentation: Down and Dirty: 12 Lead ECG Interpretation of the Acute Myocardial Infarction Patient View more presentations from New Cardiovascular Horizons. Read on »

Acute leukemia quiz by pathologystudent Posted Fri 20 Nov 2009 10:02pm Another quiz – this time on acute leukemia. Answers and explanations are in the first comment following this post. 1. Patients with which of the following leukemias may go into DIC if given routine chemotherapeutic agents? A. Acute promonocytic leukemia B. Acute promyelocytic leukemia C. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia D. Chronic myeloid Read on »