Hematology
Clinical Inquiries
How best to diagnose iron-deficiency anemia in patients with inflammatory disease?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: THE SERUM FERRITIN LEVEL is the most sensitive and specific initial laboratory test for iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) in...
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Her Chief Complaint Is ... And by the Way She’s Also Pregnant
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FDA Acts to Curb Doxorubicin, Methotrexate Shortages
Conference Coverage
IGF-I Doesn't Predict Late Complications in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Major Finding: Among childhood cancer survivors who had low IGF-I levels and received growth hormone stimulation, IGF-I z scores did not did not...
Conference Coverage
Rivaroxaban VTE Prophylaxis Works in Real-World Practice
Major Finding: The in-hospital incidence of symptomatic VTE was 2.4% with rivaroxaban, 3.9% with low molecular weight heparin, and 5.5% with...
Applied Evidence
Genetic blood disorders: Questions you need to ask
No one is better positioned than you to look for evidence of inherited diseases—especially when you consider that many FPs care for 2, or even 3,...
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Aspirin Reduces Risk of Recurrent Blood Clots
Major Finding: In a population of patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism who had completed 6-12 months of oral anticoagulant treatment,...
Conference Coverage
New Data Support Continuing Hydroxyurea for Pediatric Sickle Cell
Major Finding: Compared with children not taking hydroxyurea, those who continue to take hydroxyurea have statistically lower rates of pain crises...
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Early Thrombolysis Improves Long-term Outcomes After DVT
Major Finding: At 2 years, 55.6% of patients receiving standard DVT treatment developed post-thrombotic syndrome vs.
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ADOPT Nixes Extended Thromboprophylaxis in Medically Ill
Major Finding: Thirty days of the oral direct factor Xa inhibitor apixaban proved no more effective than 6-12 days of enoxaparin in preventing...