What are Disorders of Primary Hemostasis?

Disorders of Primary Hemostasis
In vivo cartoon representation of the multiple scales at which haemostasis occurs. Biomechanics of haemostasis and thrombosis in health and disease: from the macro- to molecular scale. Tran R, Myers DR, Ciciliano J, Trybus Hardy EL, Sakurai Y, Ahn B, Qiu Y, Mannino RG, Fay ME, Lam WA - Journal of cellular and molecular medicine (2013). Not Altered. CC.

Disorders of primary hemostasis are due to abnormalities in platelets.

Examples of disorders of primary hemostasis include: 

  • Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
  • Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
  • Qualitative platelet disorders