Hematology

Hepatology

Questions discussed in this category

Would you consider long term avatrombopag use in patients with cirrhosis requiring higher platelet counts for medical therapy?

For example, someone needing a higher platelet count for dual antiplatelet agent use after coronary stent placement.

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What is your standard diagnostic workup to confirm GVHD in a patient post-BMT with skin rash and jaundice?

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Is there benefit to aggressively treating hemochromatosis in a patient who has already progressed to cirrhosis at the time of diagnosis?

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Papers discussed in this category

Archives of internal medicine, 2006 Feb 13

Screening for hemochromatosis in asymptomatic subjects with or without a family history.

Gastroenterology, 2018 May 17

Avatrombopag Before Procedures Reduces Need for Platelet Transfusion in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease and Thrombocytopenia.

The New England journal of medicine, 2012 Aug 23

Eltrombopag before procedures in patients with cirrhosis and thrombocytopenia.

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