Clinical Prediction Score of Bentley et al for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (TTP)
Purpose: | To evaluate a patient for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) using the predictive score of Bentley et al. |
Specialty: | Hematology Oncology Clinical Laboratory |
Objective: | risk factors, severity, prognosis, stage, complications, complication detection |
ICD-10: | M31.1 |
Description: | Bentley et al developed a simple score for predicting the probability of a patient having thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). The findings were correlated with the patient's ADAMTS13 activity. The authors are from the University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City. |
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