Episode 72 - How low can you go? | Thrombosis & Thrombocytopenia with Dr Sara Ng

Dec 9, 2025
41 mins

Episode Description

Sometimes something comes along that puts a chill down the spine of every doctor. Any conversation that starts with "Oh hey do you remember that patient you saw...?". Mystery meat day in the cafeteria. Dealing with hospital executives. For these times in life you need a guide. Today we'll be covering one of those spine-chilling clinical scenarios with our very apt guide consultant haematologist Dr Sara Ng. Over forty minutes Sara will un-chill your spine with her practical approach to managing thrombosis when there just aren't that many platelets to go around, as well as talking about conditions where clots and thrombocytopenia are intimately linked.

Timestamps: 

2:11 - Introducing Dr Sara Ng
7:18 - Case 1: Acute PE and Thrombocytopenia
14:55 - Case 1.5: Subacute PE and Thrombocytopenia
18:20 - Case 2: Line Thrombus during Chemotherapy
22:09 - Thrombosis in ITP
26:15 - Oh no a STEMI
27:44 - Two sides of the same coin
31:58 - How 2 4T Score - HITS
35:15 - Other PF4 Antibodies
38:33 - Wrap up & Takehomes



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