All Things HemOnc

Ever admitted a sickle cell patient wondering: “Is this acute chest syndrome… or pneumonia?” 🤔 “When do I transfuse? And who needs emergent transfusion?” Or frantically googling how to manage a vaso-occlusive crisis when no one’s around to ask? How do you make these calls? And when do you involve Hematology? In this 2-episode series, we break down everything trainees need to know, with expert ins...

Ever admitted a sickle cell patient wondering: “Is this acute chest syndrome… or pneumonia?” 🤔 “When do I transfuse? And who needs emergent transfusion?” Or frantically googling how to manage a vaso-occlusive crisis when no one’s around to ask? How do you make these calls? And when do you involve Hematology? In this 2-episode series, we break down everything trainees need to know, with expert ins...

Thrombocytopenia - one of the most common (and sometimes panicked) consults. Join Internal Medicine residents Amy Huang and Sukhmani Sidhu as they interview hematologist Dr. Ritika Vankina , MD in understanding how to actually think through a case of thrombocytopenia, what to worry about (and what not to), and how to make low platelets feel a lot less scary. Addendum : When triaging DIC, consider...