๐ก๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ MD, DM
Hematologist โข Allogeneic Transplant Unit, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, @UHN โข Masters student @UofT ๐จ๐ฆ โข Co-founder @HaemBytes โข Member @TheEBMT_Trainee
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As a physician I'm sure you've seen patients with ITP! Let's start by calling it IMMUNE thrombocytopenia instead of IDIOPATHIC thrombocytopenia. The P stood for Purpura in the pa...
Hello #medicine residents ๐๐ผ What's that in the center of the image? Yes, that's a SCHISTOCYTE !! It's nothing but a fragmented red cell ๐ด In Greek, Schistos = Divided ๐ฌ๐ท It's...
I always ask my patients about their BOWEL MOVEMENTS !! It's important because the GUT is important in #hematology ๐ฎ๐ฒ A short thread about the numerous complications that arise i...
Hey #medicine residents !! Time to talk about EOSINOPHILS today. Not as common a consult as thrombocytopenia and anemia but important nonetheless. A short ๐งต to touch upon all thi...
Hey #medicine residents !! PLEASE TRANSFUSE BLOOD PRODUCTS JUDICIOUSLY ๐๐ป Not every patient with anemia needs blood and not is blood transfusion free of complications. I'll list...
You are a young #medicine resident !! 35/โ๏ธ/ wheeled in with 1 e/o seizure f/b loss of consciousness๐ฎ Urgent CT๐๐ป Husband reveals she was on blood thinners after her โฅ๏ธ surgery,...
You are a young #medicine resident in a busy emergency when a 26/โ๏ธ walks in with ๐๐ป C/o cough and respiratory distress + facial swelling x 7days. He is unable to sleep as the sym...
You are a young #medicine resident !! A patient walks into your OPD and says he is absolutely fine but his CBC shows an โคด๏ธโคด๏ธ platelet count He's done multiple CBC and it howers b...
You are a young #medicine resident! You are working in a heavy emergency when: 23,โ๏ธ,p/w acute breathlessness You check his SpO2, it's๐๐ป You are worried and start him on suppleme...
As a #medicine resident you'll come across ๐๐ป scenario often. Your #surgery colleagues want you to opine on the type and duration of ANTICOAGULATION and also want to know why it o...
If you are a #medicine resident you will be called by your colleague to consult on this topic ๐๐ป **๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐** If you wanna revise, read this thread ๐๐ป #M...
You are a young #medicine resident, again ๐คฃ You are called in for a consult by your OBGYN colleagues, this happens a lot๐คฃ THROMBOCYTOPENIA (TCP) yet again ! But now we know the...