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Category: Surgery--->Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding, and Transfusion
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Question 11# Print Question

Which of the following is the most common intrinsic platelet defect? 

A. Thrombasthenia
B. Bernard-Soulier syndrome
C. Cyclooxygenase deficiency
D. Storage pool disease


Question 12# Print Question

Which finding is not consistent with TTP?

A. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
B. Schistocytes on peripheral blood smear
C. Fever
D. Splenomegaly


Question 13# Print Question

What is FALSE regarding coagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? 

A. Contact with circuit tubing and membranes activates inflammatory cascades, and causes abnormal platelet and clotting factor function
B. Coagulopathy is compounded by sheer stress
C. Following bypass, platelets' morphology and ability to aggregate are irreversibly altered
D. Coagulopathy is compounded by hypothermia and hemodilution


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Following a recent abdominal surgery, your patient is in the ICU with septic shock. Below what level of hemoglobin would a blood transfusion be indicated? 

A. <12 g/dL
B. <10 g/dL
C. <8 g/dL
D. <7 g/dL


Question 15# Print Question

Less than 0.5% of transfusions result in a serious transfusion-related complication.

What is the leading cause of transfusion-related deaths?

A. Transfusion-related acute lung injury
B. ABO hemolytic transfusion reactions
C. Bacterial contamination of platelets
D. Iatrogenic hepatitis C infection




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