Hematology

General Hospital Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

What is your approach to iron supplementation in patients with an active infection?

Are there situations in which you still feel comfortable giving IV iron? If not, do you consider PO iron?

How do you decide whether to use pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis in hospitalized patients with decompensated cirrhosis?

How do factors like the presence of varices, severity of coagulopathy, etc., play into your decision?

How do you decide between anticoagulation and observation for an incidentally detected subsegmental pulmonary embolism in elderly patients with a history of gastrointestinal bleeding?

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What is your approach to VTE prophylaxis in hospitalized patients who are already on DAPT?

Particularly with prolonged hospitalizations, do you have any concerns about exposing patients to bleeding risks associated with "triple therapy" even...

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What is your approach to optimizing pre-operative hemoglobin in patients with sickle cell disease?

How do you decide between simple transfusion and red cell exchange?While the 2020 ASH Guidelines provide some conditional guidance on transfusion supp...

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What is your approach to a situation where DILI is suspected secondary to an important medication (e.g., anticoagulation, antibiotics, etc.), but the diagnosis is uncertain and the liver injury is relatively mild?

Are there situations in which you would continue the possible offending agent with close monitoring?

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What is the role of anticoagulation in patients with septic thrombophlebitis?

Would you be comfortable with the use of DOACs?

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How do you decide when, if ever, to defer pharmacologic venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for hospitalized patients?

Do you use prophylaxis universally or based on risk scores?

1 Answer available