Hematology
Hematology Consults
Practical frameworks for common inpatient and outpatient hematology questions encountered during internal medicine residency.
Iron Deficiency
Interpret ferritin, serum iron, TIBC and TSAT, distinguish absolute deficiency from inflammatory iron restriction, identify the cause, select oral or intravenous replacement, and assess treatment response.
Read guideThrombocytopenia
Confirm the count, recognize urgent syndromes, calculate 4Ts and PLASMIC scores, evaluate ITP, and apply restrictive platelet- transfusion thresholds.
Read guideHemolysis
Confirm red-cell destruction, calculate the corrected reticulocyte response, interpret smear findings and the DAT, distinguish immune from nonimmune causes, and recognize transfusion emergencies.
Read guidePancytopenia
Distinguish marrow failure, infiltration, nutritional deficiency, infection, medications, hypersplenism, and consumptive processes.
Coming soonCoagulation Abnormalities
Approach prolonged PT, aPTT and thrombin time, mixing studies, anticoagulant effects, factor deficiencies, inhibitors, liver disease, and DIC.
Coming soonTransfusion Reactions
Recognize acute hemolytic reactions, febrile reactions, allergic reactions, anaphylaxis, TACO, TRALI, septic reactions, and delayed hemolysis.
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