ITP Support Association 2007 Convention

23/04/2007

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Table of Contents

ITP Support Association 2007 Convention

What’s Wrong With Tony?

Tony’s Diagnosis and Management

Diagnosis and Management of ITP

Why are Many Doctors Unfamiliar With and/or Frightened by ITP?

Why are Many Doctors Unfamiliar With and/or Frightened by ITP?

Why are Many Doctors Unfamiliar With and/or Frightened by ITP?

What do Many Doctors do When They See a Patient With ITP?

Why Some Doctors PanicWhen the Platelet Count is Low

Relationship BetweenPlatelet Count and Bleeding in ITP

Why is Serious Bleeding so Uncommon in ITP?

What Many Doctors do When They Diagnose a Patient With ITP?

Common Approaches to Management of ITP

Drug Therapy for Children with ITP

Outcomes Other Than Platelet Count

Outcomes Other Than Platelet Count

Grading of Hemorrhage in ITP

Classification of Childhood ITP on theBasis of Clinical Signs and Symptoms

Grading of Hemorrhage in Children With ITP

Grading of Hemorrhage in Children With ITP

Grading of Hemorrhage in Children With ITP

Difficulties in Measuring Bleeding Severity

How is Severe Skin Bleeding Defined?

Grading of HemorrhageChallenges in Deriving a “Bleeding Score”

Future Research in Bleeding Score Development

Outcomes Other Than Platelet Count

Why PhysiciansPrescribe Drug Therapy

Outcomes Other Than Platelet Count

The “Cost” of ITP

Outcomes Other Than Platelet Count

Necessity of Additional Research in ITP

Difficulties in Design of Intervention Research

Advice for Patients With ITP

Advice for Patients With ITP

Treat the Patient,Not the Platelet Count

Advice for Patients With ITP

Author: Patricia Ellisor