Asst. Prof. Pathology, @UTSW_Pathology. Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine. Tweets ≠ medical advice. Opinions my own. (He/Him)
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14 Aug 2024
Standing offer to pathology trainees - if you donate blood I will buy you a cup of coffee.
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Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding After Refusal: A Sentinel Event in a Misinformation Era | Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics share.google/tcZSuJVcCxpLLhx…
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Brian Adkins retweeted
Mar 25
FYI "Student doctors"= Medical students
Residents have an MD or DO or MBBS degree and are "Doctor"
the right term is INTERNATIONAL medical graduate (IMG) not FOREIGN.
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Eliminating the Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose - What is the true impact on pediatric transfusion safety? Check out our new JAMA Pediatrics Viewpoint jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Putting hand soap in a hand sanitizer dispenser is the wildest prank in healthcare.
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4 Oct 2025
What's your fav way to diagnose iron deficiency anemia with just the CBC?
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26 Jul 2025
Great perspective from a human/patient with multiple myeloma nytimes.com/2025/07/25/style…
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Brian Adkins retweeted
9 Apr 2025
Most viewed in the last 7 days from @JAMA_current:
Review focuses on the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of absolute iron deficiency with or without anemia.
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Attention! April 7th is International Beaver Day. Now get back to work.
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Salmonella Outbreak: 68 people are sick in 19 states, with 18 hospitalizations.
Check your home for recalled whole fresh American cucumbers. Do not eat recalled products and throw them away.
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ALT Whole fresh American cucumbers with text saying: Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled cucumbers. Whole fresh American cucumbers. • From “Agrotato, S.A. de C.V.” a grower in Mexico • All sizes packaged in bulk cardboard containers for retail or food service • Were sold between October 12, 2024, and November 26, 2024 • Look for a “SunFed Mexico” sticker cdc.gov/foodborne-outbreaks.
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27 Nov 2024
Are we talking turkey… hematology?
- Unlike humans, turkey RBCs are nucleated
- Heterophils (neutrophils for birds) tend to increase as a stress response – otherwise lymphocytes rule the differential roost
- The PT for turkeys is prolonged relative to human (around 17 sec)
- Turkey RBC have been used as reagents for tetanus immunity as well as other applications in the lab
- The smear shows a WBC infected by the parasite Leucocytozoon smithi – birds get different leukotropic diseases than us!
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References:
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Colin G. Scanes,
Chapter 10 - Blood, Editor(s): Colin G. Scanes,
Sturkie's Avian Physiology (Sixth Edition),
Academic Press, 2015, Pages 167-191,
ISBN 9780124071605,
doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-40….
(sciencedirect.com/science/ar…)
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20 Nov 2024
This happened to me once!
- Switch is very large and easily accessible for patients if the machine is at bedside
- Important to be aware of this if the patient is very agitated
-- may be seen in patients with encephalitis ex. N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis
18 Nov 2024
Have you ever had an apheresis patient turn off the machine?
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18 Nov 2024
Have you ever had an apheresis patient turn off the machine?
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18 Nov 2024
What is May-Thurner syndrome?
- left common iliac vein compression by right common iliac artery
- causes DVT
- More common in women
- Patients often require thrombolysis, anticoagulation, and or vascular intervention
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