OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and clinical features of bleeding disorders in the tribe as a result of consanguineous marriages. DESIGN Cross Sectional Study INTRODUCTION Countries in which consanguinity is a normal practice, these rare autosomal recessive disorders run in close families and tribes. Here we describe a family, living in village Ali Murad Chandio, District Badin, labele...

OBJECTIVE Mild bleeding symptoms are commonly seen in the general population. The aim of this study was to determine the final clinical and laboratory features of children referred for a first evaluation with a suspected bleeding disorder in the pediatric outpatient clinic of İstanbul University. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of 26,737 outpatients who were admitted to the Division...

In clinical daily practice the definition of a bleeding tendency is rather subjective. Clinical manifestations usually include hematoma, epistaxis, menorrhagia, and severe bleeding episodes after surgery or injuries. The most common causes are disorders of primary hemostasis that occur sometimes due to platelet function disorders. Inherited thrombocytopathies are much less frequent in compariso...

M any common bleeding disorders will be revealed through a careful examination of patient history and a mixing study, according to Ravi Krishnadasan, MD, of the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Benign bleeding disorders are understood in the context of the two main components of hemostasis: primary and secondary hemostasis. Primary hemostasis is the formation of the platelet plug, which ...

background some of the dental procedures can cause bleeding. bleeding control can be difficult in some patients because of systemic disease or chronic anticoagulant therapy, so they may be at increased risk for bleeding occurrences or even death following invasive dental procedures. this study was schemed to measure the knowledge of general dentists in shiraz city regarding coagulation tests pe...

Congenital bleeding disorders account for approximately one in 10,000 births. Dentists are often anxious about delivering treatment to this special group of patients. In the Irish Republic, patients with inherited bleeding disorders have their dental care co-ordinated centrally at the National Centre for Hereditary Coagulation Disorders (NCHCD), St James's Hospital, Dublin. Dental care is norma...

UNLABELLED The most common cause of excessive bleeding is idiopathic, but bleeding can also be caused by inherited or acquired conditions associated with vascular defects, platelet defects or coagulation disorders. This paper will cover inherited bleeding disorders. Every clinician will encounter a patient who complains of prolonged bleeding following certain procedures; most commonly dental ex...

Surgery in patients with congenital or acquired coagulation defects has always been challenging and requires special care with a multidisciplinary approach. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a standard procedure performed in patients with kidney stones. Although prone to bleeding more than most of the widely performed surgical procedures, there are not much data regarding PCNL in patients ...