Hematology
Conference Coverage
Consider caregiver oral health for children with bleeding disorders
SAN DIEGO – Ask parents if they’ve had a cavity in the last year.
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Reduced intensity conditioning doesn’t protect fertility
SALT LAKE CITY – Normal puberty does not equate to normal fertility, researchers found.
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Key to MGUS and myeloma may lie in Iceland
An Icelandic study could show whether screening an asymptomatic general population for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance is...
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Time to scrap LMWH for prevention of placenta-mediated pregnancy complications?
SAN DIEGO – “It’s time to put the needles away for pregnant patients,” said Dr. Marc Rodger.
From the Journals
Meta-analysis finds no link between stroke and sickle cell trait
Neither crude stroke incidence rates nor regression analysis indicated a link between sickle cell trait in African Americans and stroke.
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Few acutely ill hospitalized patients receive VTE prophylaxis
The results “imply that there is a significantly unmet need for effective VTE prophylaxis in both the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care...
Photo Rounds
Bilateral nonpitting edema and xerotic skin
When treatment for cellulitis and a suspected exacerbation of congestive heart failure failed, we ordered a biopsy. The pathology report made the...
Conference Coverage
Protocol helped identify hospitalized children at risk for VTE
SAN DIEGO – Children with hospital-acquired VTE tended to be more medically complex, a single-center study showed.
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Bleeding episodes more common in boys with VWD
SAN DIEGO – Bleeding episodes and need for treatment were more frequent among boys with types 1 and 2 von Willebrand disease.
Feature
Of ‘miracles’ and money: Why hemophilia drugs are so expensive
The U.S. hemophilia drug market, which serves about 20,000 patients, is worth $4.6 billion a year.
Feature
States strive to curb costs for a crucial – but exorbitant – hemophilia treatment
“There aren’t a lot of options available to Medicaid programs in terms of controlling costs, because we don’t set the initial costs”