#Platelets

Anas Nasir

underthe_scope

He was my patient too // (#ADayInTheLifeOfABiomedicalScientist)1. 2 pools of platelets and 1 or 2 units of irradiated red cells daily, one given in the morning and the other in

Dr Shane Comer👨🏻‍🔬💉

Shane_Comer1

1/New PublicationOur paper on RhoA regulation in human platelets is now available online @JTHjournal We show RhoA activity may not be regulated by direct PKA/PKG #phosphorylation but by #phosphorylation of

Juliet Smith 🅰️➕

TransfusionGeek

Look at the difference in colour of these two platelet units… there’s an important reason why these two are so different but platelets do come in different colours, though they

Dr Suzy M_rt_n 🅾️➕

TransfusionWM

Today I did an online tutorial with the West Midlands #haemSpRs. It was good to do some teaching after a bit of a hiatus! We've always done online tutorials on

Dr Suzy M_rt_n 🅾️➕

TransfusionWM

Patients undergoing ABO incompatible stem cell transplants have very specific transfusion requirements. Do you know what group to give and when? Let’s discuss the issues…#blooducation ABOi SCT now comprise 25-50%

Sudharshan

bundlbranchbloc

I got a call at lunch yesterday afternoon, from an unknown number. Imagining it to be a nursing staff calling about a patient, I picked up. Instead it was a

Farid Jalali MD

farid__jalali

Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome of COVID19 is also a "platelet hyperactivation syndrome", just like Kawasaki's Disease is.The underlying pathophysiology is:Half of circulating platelet biogenesis occurs in lungs fr

Farid Jalali MD

farid__jalali

Yes. Platelets are those cells that in turn activate endothelium. There is a billion of these platelets and megakaryocytes PARKED in the lung microvascular space.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.08.372581v1 And there is an ov

The Medical SHO

admit_medics

The understanding of rare disease results in treatment for common disease: two examples. A rare disease affects less than 1 in 2000 people but there are tons of them, meaning

Anas Nasir

underthe_scope

Appreciation // #ADayInTheLifeOfABiomedicalScientist1. Reading SOPs when you're new is mandatory but mundane. After a few days absorbing and answering questions to show I had retained some of what I had

Bloodman

Bloodman

1/n Everybody seems to be very opinionated about thromboelastography! Here is how I view it and what I use it for……. 2/13 2/n TEG is a point of care test

Antoinette J. Pusateri, MD

APNDMD

With the beginning of the academic year, senior residents find themselves in a teaching role for procedures. Seniors, make sure you discuss these things with your intern to set yourselves

Farid Jalali MD

farid__jalali

Folks - if your covid patient is doing well respiratory wise but suddenly starts to become delirious and agitated and hallucinate -> tachypnea - it is due to SEROTONIN excess

Shematologist, MD

acweyand

A physician died of severe thrombocytopenia (low platelets) a few weeks after #COVID19 vaccineHis death is currently being investigated and is not currently thought to be 2/2 the vaccine. A

Jonathan Berry

jlberrymd

On consults this weekend, I faced a question of whether a patient's thrombocytosis was secondary to iron deficiency or due to a clonal process, and it got me thinking...Why does

Farid Jalali MD

farid__jalali

Proper attention to 𝗮𝗹𝗹 aspects of pathology in COVID19, simultaneously, is paramount to proper treatment: pulmonary endothelium plateletsProducts of platelet-endothelial

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