Medicine
Platelet disorders
Exam Yield
| Probability of getting 1 Question from this chapter | 46% |
| Ease of Revision | 7.7 / 10 |
If you can quickly grasp the salient clinical aspects of the different conditions, this can help you secure 4 marks.
Question Pattern
Fairly straightforward chapter.
The questions focus on Causative factors, clinical features, investigation findings and treatment methods that can affect Platelet functions.
Quite a few comparisons are part of this topic, as you can see below.
Recent Questions
Questions on this chapter from recent NEET and AIIMS examinations have been about
- Rx for Idiopathic thrombocytic purpura
- Most specific test for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
- Drugs causing thrombocytopenia
- Prasugrel Overview
- Plasmapheresis – common indications
- First line of treatment for von Willebrand disease
Suggested Revision
- Bleeding Disorders vs Coagulation disorders
- Laboratory findings in VWD
- Inherited disorders of platelet function
- Platelet aggregation disorders
- Types of VWD
- Acute vs chronic ITP
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
- Pseudothrombocytopenia
- TTP vs HUS