Infectious Disease

Pediatric Hematology

Questions discussed in this category

When would you initiate exchange transfusion in babesiosis and significant hemolysis?

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

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What approaches can we take to initiate therapy and improve survival rates in patients with HLH?

1 Answer available

Would you anticoagulate a patient with splenic infarctions in the setting of CMV viremia?

If so, for how long?

1 Answer available

Do you hold IV iron in the setting of active infection?

1 Answer available

Do you recommend routine use of Evusheld for pre-exposure prophylaxis for patients on immunosuppression?

Does treatment with B-cell depletion and/or negative anti-spike antibody status despite COVID mRNA vaccination influence your decision?

1 Answer available

In which patients with oncologic or hematologic disorders are you recommending a 3rd dose of mRNA COVID vaccine?

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How would you approach chronic isolated severe non-cyclic neutropenia with negative bone marrow and rheumatologic work-up?

Is there a role for empiric antibiotics if there is history of opportunistic infection?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Seminars in hematology, 2013-07

Evaluation and management of patients with isolated neutropenia.

Ann Oncol, 2021 Mar 18

Association of Clinical Factors and Recent Anti-Cancer Therapy with COVID-19 Severity among Patients with Cancer: A Report from the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium.

Journal of medical case reports, 2014 Mar 04

Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature.

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