15/12/2023
Webinar summary: “𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂! 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 (𝐏𝐓)/ 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎 (𝐈𝐍𝐑): 𝐀 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄-𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓"
On December 7, 2023, Stago organized an online webinar about PT/INR coagulation test with sharing from Prof. Tripodi, Humanitas University & Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Milan, Italy
Prof. Tripodi clearly indicated the factors and their influence on the quality of PT results, including patient samples with pathology (Lupus, ...), plasma quality (with containing DOACs,..), the measuring system and the source of thromboplastins.
Besides the common application of PT/INR in anticoagulation monitoring, there are other crucial applications of PT in clinical practices:
🔸 PT in a combination of tests to monitor and diagnose disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome (DIC), in addition to platelet count, Fib, FRMs tests (FDP, FM, D-Dimer).
🔸 Plasma DOACs concentrations can be preliminarily assessed if PT is abnormally prolonged. For samples containing DOACs, it is recommended to remove DOACs before performing PT testing.
📌Conclusion: Prof. Tripodi affirmed that PT continues playing an important and indispensable role in medical laboratories globally. PT assists in monitoring patients with congenital or acquired blood clotting abnormalities. PT is a prognostic indicator for patients with cirrhosis, as well as a solution to monitor the use of coumarin and vitamin K antagonists, …
To get more detailed information from Prof. Tripodi's sharing, let's log in to https://www.stagowebinars.com/ondemand.php - On Demand section to listen to the recording again. There will be a lot of valuable information from the Prof's presentation. 😊
Some summary slides are in the comments.