ISLH 2017 Workshop: Platelets Revisited

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Attending the XXXth International Symposium on Technical Innovations in Laboratory Hematology? Take part in Siemens Healthineers luncheon workshop, Platelets Revisited.

Date: May 4, 2017

Time: 12:00–1:30 p.m.

Location: Room 319 AB. Hawaii Convention Center. Honolulu, Hawaii

Learning objectives:

  • Identify inherited versus acquired thrombocytopenia
  • Distinguish among the different causes of inherited thrombocytopenia
  • Explore a new method of counting reticulated platelets

Lunch boxes will be provided.

Agenda:

Contribution of Automated Parameters in the Diagnosis of Platelet Disorders. Speaker: Prof. Marie-Christine Alessi—Biological Hematology Service, CHU Timone, Marseille, France

Learn how laboratory investigations can help resolve practical challenges presented when identifying inherited versus acquired (immune) thrombocytopenia and distinguishing among the different causes of inherited thrombocytopenia.

Reticulated Platelets (RPs) for Differential Diagnosis of Thrombocytopenia and Beyond. Speaker: Doctor Florian Prüller—Medical University of Graz, Austria

Explore the derivation, function, and clinical significance of reticulated platelets and a new method of counting them and other byproducts.

Information: healthcare.siemens.com.ar