GT, a rare disorder of platelet function, can lead to life-threatening bleeding, particularly following the development of antiplatelet antibodies. Curative therapy includes HCT but previous reports are limited predominantly to matched siblings and have excluded CBT. Delayed or non-engraftment of platelets because of antiplatelet antibodies might be particularly concerning after CBT for GT. Her...

ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjorl.2014.08.017 808-8694/© 2014 Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurg eserved. ther examination results were unremarkable. The patient’s istory was clear from trauma, barotrauma, chronic otitis edia, or anticoagulant therapy. An audiogram revealed ymmetrical, bilateral conductive hearing loss (Fig. 1C). ympanometry revealed flat bilateral tympanogra...

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...