Von Willebrand Disease (VWD)
Part 1:
NHLBI Diagnosis Guidelines
Introduction & Clinical Assessment Recommendations
Initial Patient Evaluation — History
May 2011
Recommendation III.A. from the NHLBI VWD Guidelines states: "Until further evaluation of scoring systems and criteria for assessing bleeding history and the probability of VWD, the Expert Panel suggests that an increasing number of positive responses to the questions about bleeding, and abnormal findings on physical examination, increase the likelihood that an individual has a bleeding disorder, including possible VWD."
Initial Patient Evaluation History |
Jump to section:
- Introduction
- Objectives — Part 1
- VWF Biology
- VWF and Normal Hemostasis1
- VWF Structure and Domains1
- VWD Classification — ISTH1,2
- VWD: Prevalence, Inheritance, Symptoms
- Disorders Pathophysiologically Associated with Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome (AVWS)3
- VWD NHLBI Guidelines — Background
- NHLBI VWD Expert Panel
- Methodology
- Methodology
- Overall Outcome / Results
- Initial Clinical Evaluation for VWD or Other Bleeding Disorders1
- Common Bleeding Symptoms of Healthy Persons vs. VWD Patients1
- VWD NHLBI Guidelines (2008)1Initial Patient Evaluation — History4
- VWD NHLBI Guidelines (2008) Initial Patient Evaluation — History
- Initial Patient Evaluation — History
- VWD NHLBI Guidelines (2008)
- References
- Questions?


