Bleeding Disorders in Children
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<li>A male infant who is starting to walk and presents with painful swollen joints after a fall has:</li>
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<li>hemophilia until proven otherwise
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<li>An adolescent girl who presents with excessive menstrual bleeding, recurrent nosebleeds, and pallor may have:</li>
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<li>von Willebrand Disease (vWD), the most common inherited bleeding disorder
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<li>A college freshman rushed to an emergency department in shock with mucocutaneous bleeding most likely has:</li>
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<li>disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) secondary to fulminant meningococcal infection or other gram-negative septicemia
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<li>A 5-year-old child who is not clinically ill but presents with moderate mucocutaneous purpura in the wake of a viral infection most likely has:</li>
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<li>acute post-infectious thrombocytopenic purpura (acute ITP)
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<li>A teenage girl with easy bruising and mild pallor presenting to a pediatrician's office with a strong family history of autoimmune disorder (eg, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, or Hashimoto's thyroiditis) may have:</li>
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<li>chronic ITP, an adult form of immune thrombocytopenia </li>
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