Acute Medicine | Haematology | Spontaneous bleeding
Spontaneous Bleeding
Session Overview
Description
This session considers the history, examination and laboratory tests involved in the management of a patient with spontaneous bleeding.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Recall the clotting cascade
- Take a focused history from a patient with bleeding diathesis
- State which laboratory investigations to undertake
- Interpret laboratory investigations
Spontaneous bleeding is bleeding that is spontaneous, excessive and prolonged following tissue injury.
It may be due to:
- Primary haemostasis deficiencies caused by platelet or vascular disorders
- Secondary haemostasis deficiencies caused by coagulation disorders
Spontaneous bleeding can be mild or life-threatening.
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