Episode 69 - I Have No Brain And I Must Test | Thrombophilia Testing

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“HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN AS A HAEM REG. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANO-ANGSTROM OF THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF CONSULT NOTES I HAVE WRITTEN IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR YOU ORDERING THROMBOPHILIA TESTING INAPPROPRIATELY.” Woah - Let’s calm down, that's a bit much. Cale and Bashar are exposed to Nick’s inner monologue as the Bloody Minded Crew learn about the what, when and when not of thrombophilia testing. TIMESTAMPS0:52 - Nick gets stuck in an anger loop 2:19 - Intro to thrombophilia testing 4:25 - Inherited thrombophilias 5:38 - Surprise historical diversion on antithrombin 8:14 - Proteins C and S 9:31 - Factor V Leiden 10:56 - Prothrombin gene mutation 11:52 - Risk profiles in inherited thrombophilia 18:49 - Acquired thrombophilias 18:56 - Antiphospholipid syndrome 19:46 - PNH 20:22 - JAK2 21:08 - Mid-ep summary 22:28 - The world's biggest soapbox: what not to do 23:25 - Soapbox: no MTHFR pls 25:19 - Soapbox: bad times to test 26:46 - Soapbox: don't test the obvious provoked clots 27:30 - Bonus soapbox: factor V levels vs Leiden 28:54 - When SHOULD we test? 30:41 - Benefits of testing 32:33 - Clinical scenario: spoiler, no real answer 33:26 - Scenarios where you might test 37:49 - Take home messages Support the showCheck out show notes, additional references and (sometimes) extra content at www.bloodyminded.com.au

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