Hospital Medicine

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology   

Questions discussed in this category



Is parasitemia >10% and severe hemolysis with Hb less than 7 enough to initiate this?

If hydroxyurea modifies the course of sickle cell disease by increasing fetal hemoglobin, is there any benefit to using it in patients with fetal hemo...

Please comment on temperature recommendations and role of exchange transfusion. 

Does manipulation of blood products (leukoreduction, irradiated) affect your approach? There is growing evidence that routine premedication (at least ...

Do you always treat with the full 21-day treatment course, or can defibrotide be stopped if certain criteria are met sooner?

Especially in a triple-positive patient with an acute ischemic stroke who may have urgency for anticoagulation with high bleeding risk and severe thro...

Should the patient be admitted for observation which will risk exposing other immunocompromised patients to COVID-19, or should the patient be quarant...

How do you assess risk of tumor lysis syndrome, and is hydration sufficient or should hypouricemic agents be used as well?


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Nature, 2019-03

Blood, 2018 May 02

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Bone Marrow Transplant, 2019 Oct 01

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J Am Heart Assoc, 2020 Jan 21

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BMJ open, 2023 Sep 13

Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2019 Jun 27

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2018-05-17

Blood, 2016-03-31

Bone marrow transplantation, 2016-07

Bone marrow transplantation, 2018-02

British journal of haematology, 2020 Mar 04

Blood advances, 2022 Jan 11

Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 2020 Jan-Dec

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