Management of sickle cell anaemia: Part 2 – Dr Shivan Pancham
Sickle cell anaemia is a common inherited disorder with many chronic complications as well as acute presentations. Finally there are some novel treatments on the horizon. Dr Shivan Pancham discusses current management with Suzy. Part 2
Management of sickle cell anaemia: part 1 – Dr Shivan Pancham
Sickle cell anaemia is a common inherited disorder with many chronic complications as well as acute presentations. Finally there are some novel treatments on the horizon. Dr Shivan Pancham discusses current management with Suzy. Part 1
Major haemorrhage – Dr Laura Green
Suzy talks to Laura Green about the practical aspects of major haemorrhage and the evidence underpinning practice. Links BSH Major Haemorrhage Guidelines
Investigation of the patient with a panreactive antibody – Ruth Evans
Struggling to understand the difference between adsorptions and elutions? Ruth Evans from NHS Blood and Transplant talks Suzy through investigating the patient with a panreactive antibody. Learning points: The direct antiglobulin test ascertains whether the patient has antibodies on their red cells in vivo. A positive test may be due to autoantibody or less frequently […]
Hairy Cell Leukaemia and reclassifying Variant HCL – Dr Nilima Parry-Jones and Dr Anurag Joshi
This week we discuss Hairy Cell Leukaemia and reclassifying Variant HCL with Dr Nilima Parry-Jones and Dr Anurag Joshi
Haemovigilance – Dr Shruthi Narayan
Suzy talks with the medical director of SHOT about the 2021 SHOT report and hot topics in haemovigilance. Link www.shotuk.org
Diagnosis and Treatment of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria – Dr Morag Griffin
PNH is a very rare disease but it is important for all haematologists to know when to test and what to do when a clone is detected. Suzy talks to Dr Morag Griffin about diagnosis and management. PNH clone: 89.11% in granulocytes 87.40% in monocytes, 19.62% in erythrocytes (0.65% type II cells and 18.97% […]
Current management of Essential Thrombocythaemia – Dr Hayder Hussein
Helen discusses Current management of Essential Thrombocythaemia – Dr Hayder Hussein
Common immunological scenarios we encounter in haematology and how we manage them
Helen talks to Dr Adrian Shields about Common immunological scenarios we encounter in haematology and how we manage them
Clinical use of granulocytes – Dr Suzy Morton
Granulocytes in England are unusual as they are provided as a component pooled from whole blood. Helen and Suzy discuss when their use should be considered and what to watch out for when using them Granulocyte component Pooled from 10 whole blood donations → buffy coats → red cell and platelet reduced → one bag […]