Hematology

General Primary Care   

Questions discussed in this category


For example, anticoagulation for recent, significant PE or dual antiplatelet therapy for recent MI, but requiring urgent procedures such as biopsy of ...

Given the unprovoked nature, do you favor indefinite anticoagulation? Would a presentation with bilateral distal DVTs or other concerns for thrombophi...

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

Would you recommend avoiding estrogen-containing OCPs? Would you test for APLS to evaluate for additional thrombotic risk factors? While not heredita...

Such as a patient who cannot tolerate oral iron and has had a anaphylaxis to intravenous iron


Papers discussed in this category


The New England journal of medicine, 2025 Mar 29

Blood, 2015 Dec 22

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

Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis, 2023 Apr 24

Annals of internal medicine, 2021 Nov 23

American journal of hematology, 2024 Jan 29

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

American family physician, 2022 Sep

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024 Jun 25

Blood advances, 2023 Nov 28

MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports, 2024 Aug 08

JAMA, 2020 Nov 03

BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2022 Nov 23