Glanzmann thrombastenia (GT) is a rare condition of an inherited autosomal recessive gene characterized with bleeding tendency. The condition is rarely met in the OR. and therefore it is essential that anesthesiologist be cognizant of the risk involved and be prepared with all necessary precautionary measures. We present a GT case in a 27-year-old male with a mass in the anticubital region of r...

BACKGROUND Consultation skills are essential for general practice. Tools for measuring consultation skills in everyday practice are not well developed AIM To examine and develop the content validity of the MAAS History-taking and Advice Checklist GP (MAAS-GP) tool which is used in The Netherlands for testing consultation skills, with simulated patients in United Kingdom general practice from ...

The tutorial between GP Trainer and GP Registrar is at the centre of learning and assessment in General Practice. However, the content and style of the tutorial is left to the discretion of the trainer themselves and the evaluation of this tutorial is carried out in an unsystematic way. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore what GPs believe constitutes a good tutorial in terms of the be...

Study of the platelets from the viewpoint of the blood coagulation mechanisms seems likely to be helpful for increasing our knowledge of thrombosis, and bleeding tendencies in thrombasthenias and thrombopathias. A logical approach to their study is the differentiation of their properties and where possible to ascribe those properties to individual components. Platelet factors 1, 3 and 4 are con...