Hematology (all articles)
Meta-Analysis: Vitamin K for Reversal of Excessive Vitamin K Antagonist Anticoagulation
21 Mar, 2019 | 07:09h | UTCVitamin K for reversal of excessive vitamin K antagonist anticoagulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Blood Advances (free)
“Our findings indicate that patients on VKA therapy who have an INR between 4.5 and 10.0 without bleeding are not likely to benefit from vitamin K administration in addition to temporary VKA cessation.”
Diagnostic Test Interpretation: Evaluating the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:25h | UTCEvaluating the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Patient Blood Management Recommendations From the 2018 Frankfurt Consensus Conference
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:57h | UTCPatient Blood Management Recommendations From the 2018 Frankfurt Consensus Conference – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Consensus Statement: Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:59h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Management of Adult Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy
12 Mar, 2019 | 13:01h | UTC
Three Neglected Numbers in the CBC: The RDW, MPV, and NRBC count
12 Mar, 2019 | 02:43h | UTCReview: Three neglected numbers in the CBC: The RDW, MPV, and NRBC count – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Second Patient Free of HIV After Stem-cell Therapy
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:29h | UTCSecond patient free of HIV after stem-cell therapy – Nature News (free)
See also: Has a second person with HIV been cured? – Science (free) AND Expert reaction to HIV-1 remission in a second patient – Science Media Centre (free) AND Bone Marrow Transplant Renders Second Patient Free Of HIV – NPR (free) AND London patient might be second to be cured of HIV – CNN (free) AND H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Review: Prevention and Treatment of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis
27 Feb, 2019 | 13:08h | UTCPrevention and Treatment of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis – Medicina (free)
Guideline: Management of Sepsis in Neutropenic Cancer Patients
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:32h | UTCRelated Guidelines: SEOM clinical practice guideline: management and prevention of febrile neutropenia in adults with solid tumors (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free) AND Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Adults Treated for Malignancy: American Society of Clinical Oncology and Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free) AND Diagnosis and empirical treatment of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in adult neutropenic patients: guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) (free) AND Management of febrile neutropaenia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Children With Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients: 2017 Update (free)
IgG4-Related Disease: What A Hematologist Needs to Know
25 Feb, 2019 | 00:35h | UTCIgG4-Related Disease: What A Hematologist Needs To Know – Haematologica (free PDF)
Australian Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Venous Thromboembolism
12 Feb, 2019 | 00:31h | UTCNews Release: New Guidelines for Venous Thromboembolism (free)
Related Guidelines: BTS Guideline: Outpatient Management of Pulmonary Embolism (free) AND ACEP Clinical Policy: Evaluation and Management of Suspected Acute Venous Thromboembolism (free) AND Evaluation of Patients With Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Best Practice Advice From the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians (free) AND 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
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— MJA (@theMJA) February 11, 2019
2019 NCCN Consensus Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
11 Feb, 2019 | 21:05h | UTCRelated: FDA Report: 660 Cases of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (free report and commentaries)
Consensus: Assessment and Management of Measurable Residual Disease in Adults with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
3 Feb, 2019 | 16:44h | UTC
Treatment Guidelines for Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease
27 Jan, 2019 | 19:05h | UTC
NCCN Guideline: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
27 Jan, 2019 | 18:48h | UTC
Revised Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma International Consensus Meeting Report
27 Jan, 2019 | 18:47h | UTC
BSH Guideline for the Management of Specific Situations in Polycythemia Vera and Secondary Erythrocytosis
24 Jan, 2019 | 18:11h | UTCRelated Guideline: A guideline for the diagnosis and management of polycythaemia vera. A British Society for Haematology Guideline (free)
Systematic Review: Early Discontinuation of Antibiotics for Febrile Neutropenia vs. Continuation Until Neutropenia Resolution in People with Cancer
24 Jan, 2019 | 00:17h | UTCEarly discontinuation of antibiotics for febrile neutropenia versus continuation until neutropenia resolution in people with cancer – Cochrane Library (free)
Initial Diagnostic Work-Up of Acute Leukemia: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Endorsement
23 Jan, 2019 | 15:31h | UTC
Podcast: Sickle Cell Disease, Management & Complications
22 Jan, 2019 | 00:11h | UTC#136 Sickle Cell Disease, Management & Complications – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)
New Treatment for Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
21 Jan, 2019 | 10:12h | UTCCaplacizumab Treatment for Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: A New Drug for Patients with Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura – Transfusion News (free)
Randomized Trial: Ibrutinib Regimens vs.Chemoimmunotherapy in Older Patients with Untreated CLL
20 Jan, 2019 | 13:40h | UTCIbrutinib Regimens versus Chemoimmunotherapy in Older Patients with Untreated CLL – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Ibrutinib vs Standard of Care in Front-Line Treatment of Older Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia – The ASCO Post (free) AND Ibrutinib Regimens Have Superior PFS Compared With Chemoimmunotherapy in Older Patients With Untreated CLL – AJMC (free)
Cohort Study: Common Conditions Associated with Hereditary Hemochromatosis Genetic Variants
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:03h | UTCCommentaries: Haemochromatosis: disorder that causes body to absorb too much iron from food may be major cause of disease – The Conversation (free) AND Haemochromatosis is linked to more disease than previously thought – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Health impact of genetic ‘iron-overdose disease’ may have been underestimated – NHS News (free)
Randomized Trial: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
16 Jan, 2019 | 00:51h | UTCEffect of Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation vs Continued Disease-Modifying Therapy on Disease Progression in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
See also: Visual Abstract (free)
Commentaries: For some multiple sclerosis patients, knocking out the immune system might work better than drugs – Science (free) AND A remarkable new study shows stem cells can reverse MS in some patients – Vox (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at blood stem cell transplantation as a MS treatment – Science Media Centre (free)
Perioperative Thrombocytopenia: Evidence, Evaluation, and Emerging Therapies
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:19h | UTC