Hematology

General Primary Care

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?

1 Answer available

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

6 Answers available

Do you consider co-prescribing hormone therapy and anticoagulation in a patient with prior DVT and uncontrollable VSM uncontrolled by non-hormonal therapies?

4 Answers available

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?

1 Answer available

Would you continue or stop anticoagulation for a DVT/PE in a patient with active cancer who has completed 6 months of therapy?

Mahé et al., PMID 40162636

2 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

The New England journal of medicine, 2025 Mar 29

Extended Reduced-Dose Apixaban for Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism.

Blood, 2015 Dec 22

Recurrent venous thromboembolism and abnormal uterine bleeding with anticoagulant and hormone therapy use.

Menopause (New York, N.Y.), 2024 Feb 01

Does hormone therapy exacerbate other venous thromboembolism risk factors?

Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis, 2023 Apr 24

Hormonal therapies in females with blood disorders: thrombophilia, thrombosis, hemoglobinopathies, and anemias.

Annals of internal medicine, 2021 Nov 23

Risk for Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism Managed Without Anticoagulation : A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.

American journal of hematology, 2024 Jan 29

Expert consensus guidelines: Intravenous iron uses, formulations, administration, and management of reactions.

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 2024 Jun 12

AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia: Expert Review.

American family physician, 2022 Sep

Risk of Infection With Intravenous Iron Infusion.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024 Jun 25

Intravenous Iron Repletion for Patients With Heart Failure and Iron Deficiency: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.

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