FREE USMLE/COMLEX Question Bank | Question #5

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[avafrav]

If coags had been listed as an option for part 1, would the right answer be coags or FTA-ABS? because I was looking for coags and got stressed when i didnt see it lol

[HiMeSenpai]

How come you wouldnt do urine pregnancy test first? I thought you want to make sure patient is not pregnant before you do any further testing?

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[EpochTrek]

Doesn't Lupus Anticoagulant cause false postive RPR?

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[adem-videography]

In part 2 why not anti b2 glycoprotein? It is also associated with antiphospholipid syndrome

[upasanab]

Firstly thanks for the question!
Let’s say the first part had anticardiolipin ab as an option- Would we still pick FTA (coz you first want to confirm the presence or absence syph)?

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[rocktune]

Please make a video on heparin vs aspirin vs warfarin

[derozerr]

Is it called Anti Phospoholipid syndrome or Anti Cardiolipin syndrome?

[michaelgoldstein]

I think you need to be careful with part 3. The pathophys of pregnancy loss in APS is not fully understood. It was originally thought that it was due to clots, but now it is thought that the mechanism in early pregnancy loss is different than late pregnancy loss. It is thought that early pregnancy loss is mediated by trophoblast dysfunction and apoptosis leading to poor placentation, while in late pregnancy loss is also 2/2 trophoblast dysfunction, but alongside inflammation mediated by APS antibodies and complement activation.

So it’s not really as simple as saying it’s antibodies to platelets, and saying it is due to clot formation in the placenta or fetus is actually incorrect.