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Sepsis in Adult Patients

Diagnostic Criteria SIRS Sepsis Severe Sepsis Septic Shock

Causes

Focused Initial Rapid Evaluation

Empiric Antibiotic Therapy

Dos

Don'ts

Different types of Von-Willebrand diseases

Type of VWD		Type of factor deficiency	Prevalence	Inheritance pattern	Clinical manifestations	VWF activity	RIPA	Factor VIII
Type 1		Quantitative/ partial	60-70%	AD	Bleeding severity mild to severe	↓	↓	↓
Type 2	2A	Qualitative	10%	AD/AR	Moderate to severe bleeding	↓	↓	N or ↓
	2B	Qualitative	5%	AD	Thrombocytopenia Moderate to severe bleeding	↓	↑	N or ↓
	2M	Qualitative	<1%	AD/AR	Moderate to severe bleeding	↓	↓	N or ↓
	2N	Qualitative	<1%	AR	Clinically similar to hemophilia A with joint, soft tissue, urinary bleeding	N	N	↓
Type 3		Complete deficiency	1-2%	AR	Clinically similar to hemophilia A with joint and soft tissue bleeding Severe mucosal bleeding	Absent	↓	Low, 1-10%

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