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🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…by: Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). Other non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Other contraindications: Hemophilia. Thrombocytopenia. Active gastric or duodenal ulcers. Liver cirrhosis. Severe heart failure…

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Holter ECG

…too large for the available cuffs, and in a patient who does not tolerate repeated compression (for example marked thrombocytopenia). Set up and instructions Choose…

Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy

…B12 or folate deficiency when blood tests are insufficient. Contraindications Severe coagulopathy or ongoing anticoagulation — correct this first . Thrombocytopenia, by contrast, is not a contraindication…

Injection technique — intramuscular, subcutaneous and intradermal

…hypersensitivity to the preparation. Intramuscular injection in marked coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia (< 50 ×10⁹/L) — choose the subcutaneous route if possible, otherwise give IM with…

Paracentesis

…clinically overt bleeding Refrain until the condition has been corrected Marked coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia Routine plasma or platelets are not needed — the INR does not…

Pleural aspiration and chest drain

…of fluid to puncture (no ultrasound verified fluid) Relative Uncorrected coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia Relative Ongoing anticoagulant treatment — plan the aspiration for the trough level or…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…elevated liver enzymes or transaminases, and thrombocytopenia—is generally regarded as a severe preeclamptic phenotype or variant. Pathophysiology The precise mechanism of preeclampsia remains incompletely…

Pericardiocentesis

…pericardiotomy instead. Relative: uncorrected coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia and ongoing anticoagulant treatment. In tamponade with shock the coagulation is corrected in parallel with the procedure, not before…

🟠 Prasugrel (Effient, Efient, Prasita)

…key exclusion criteria included increased bleeding risk, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and a history of pathological intracranial findings. Patients with ACS undergoing PCI treated with prasugrel and…

🟠 Ticagrelor (Brilinta, Brilique)

…Interference with Platelet Function Test for Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT): False negative results in platelet function tests (including HIPA test) for HIT have been reported…

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