You are the haematology registrar on-call and a GP contacts you for advice regarding investigation and management of a platelet count of 51. The GP performed a FBC on a 43 year old woman who had presented to him with marked bruising.
FBC differential: Hb 106, Plts 51, WCC 3.7, Neuts 1.2
Questions:
- What further information from the history would you want?
- What initial investigations would be relevant?
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