Internal Medicine

Benign Hematology

Questions discussed in this category

How would you approach hormone replacement therapy for perimenopause in a patient with increased risk factors for VTE (hereditary thrombophilia without personal thrombosis, family history of thrombophilia or thrombosis, etc.)?

1 Answer available

How do you counsel patients with minimally symptomatic factor VII deficiency about procedures and periprocedural management?

When do you consider prophylaxis given that factor VII levels do not correlate well with bleeding symptoms?

1 Answer available

Is there specific data on using luspatercept for sickle beta+ thalassemia with transfusion-dependent anemia?

For this subpopulation, are there additional risks such as thrombosis?

3 Answers available

Would you supplement iron for low iron studies in absence of anemia?

Primary care providers often check iron studies during workup for fatigue, even if anemia is not present.

2 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

American journal of hematology, 2024 Jan 29

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

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2012 Apr

Coagulation factor activity and clinical bleeding severity in rare bleeding disorders: results from the European Network of Rare Bleeding Disorders.

Blood advances, 2024 Jul 09

Decision theoretical foundations of clinical practice guidelines: an extension of the ASH thrombophilia guidelines.

Blood advances, 2023 Nov 28

American Society of Hematology 2023 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: thrombophilia testing.

BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2010 Sep 16

A regret theory approach to decision curve analysis: a novel method for eliciting decision makers' preferences and decision-making.

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