What is Thrombo-Guide?

Thrombo-Guide is an app designed for the training and continuing education of medical students, physicians, and other healthcare professionals. Thrombo-Guide uses fictional patients with a detected low platelet count and, based on available laboratory results, arrives at a likely diagnosis. The app is also helpful in interpreting abnormal blood test results.

Under no circumstances may Thrombo-Guide be used to make medical decisions on real patients or to make a diagnosis; the app is not a medical product.

Thrombo-Guide offers comprehensive background information on the queried parameters and the suggested diagnoses. Great care has been taken to present the data and interpretations and findings given to the best of our knowledge, medical experience and knowledge of the scientific and clinical literature. The publisher cannot be held responsible for omissions, errors and any consequences for doctors and patients that may arise from the use of the information from Thrombo-Guide.

Thrombo-Guide has certain limitations:

 When using Thrombo-Guide, detailed laboratory results should ideally already be available, at least a complete blood count, differential blood count, reticulocyte count, serum chemistry, and global coagulation tests. If a value is missing, you can try using the app assuming that the requested parameter is normal.

 In unclear situations, when several pathologies are present simultaneously, or when a condition is undergoing treatment, the app may only provide one diagnosis and not display other possible diagnoses. In such cases, it can be helpful to try different answer options.