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This one's about my approach to a consult for thrombocytopenia ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป



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Go through this before you see a consult sent by the ObGyn ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ



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After a 4-day tour of duty here are some pearls:
#COVIDPearl 1: PE and thrombosis are common. Have a low threshold to treat with full dose Lovenox when Ddimers are markedly elevated and you are having difficulty weaning O2, or there is a setback in the patientโ€™s O2 requirement
#COVIDPearl 2. Be prepared to see sky high inflammatory markers including #CRP and #Ferritin. Their magnitude is not as important as their trends.
#COVIDPearl 3: If the #ProCalcitonin and #WBC go up in the setting of worsening oxygenation, think superimposed bacterial pneumonia
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