Rare Bleeding Disorder Manifestations in Women and Girls

This is a recorded version of the webinar on Rare Bleeding Disorder Manifestations in Women and Girls that was presented live on October 10, 2017, at 4 PM EDT. Please scroll down to view the archived webinar. 

Estimated Time to complete: 1 hour and 15 minutes 
Format: Archived Webinar

Program Description: 
Young girls and women with rare bleeding disorders (RBD) like PAI-1 Deficiency and Type 2M VWD may experience heavy menstrual bleeding, antenatal and postpartum bleeding of varying severities. An accurate diagnosis is essential in the care of these patients. However, due to the rarity of these disorders, the diagnosis is challenging as they can masquerade as other bleeding disorders unless there is a high index of clinical suspicion.

Additionally, there are some syndromes associated with thrombocytopenia, inherited platelet disorders, factor deficiencies, connective tissue disorders, and vascular abnormalities, which pose a real risk of bleeding for women associated with trauma or surgeries. The risk of bleeding is not often an obvious feature of the syndrome and not well documented. Therefore understanding the hemostatic abnormalities associated with these various congenital syndromes would be important to prepare a patient prior to a major surgical procedure and avoid prolonged bleeding and /or unnecessary use of products to prevent bleeding.

Participants in this Webinar will be able to describe these rare disorders as well as the laboratory diagnostic pitfalls. And they will be able to discuss the current best practices in the treatment and management of women and young girls with these rare disorders.

Guest Faculty: 

Amy D. Shapiro, MD (Moderator)
Medical Director
Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Inc.

Sweta Gupta, MD, MS
Pediatric Hematologist
Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Inc.

Suchitra S. Acharya, MD
Director, Long Island Jewish Hemophilia Treatment Center Northwell Health 
Program Head – Bleeding Disorders and Thrombosis Program
Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York
Professor of Pediatrics
Hofstra – Northwell Health School of Medicine 

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