90 blood transfusions fail to avert autoimmune anaemia in rare case
Splenectomy proved crucial to stabilising a 60-year-old man with a severe form of autoimmune anaemia after all other treatments — including 90 blood transfusions —…
Tag: Haematology
Infected blood scandal and cover up a ‘day of shame’ for UK: report released
An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3000 deaths and…
6 central facts about serum-free light chain testing for multiple myeloma
Most clinical guidelines now recommend serum in place of urine testing
More than 30,000 infected with HIV and hepatitis C in blood products scandal: UK inquiry
It has been described as the worst treatment disaster in the 75-year history of the UK’s NHS. More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV…
‘You’re expected to manage anything’: Life as a doctor on a tiny island
Dr Jodie McCoy was already working at Norfolk Island’s only hospital when she was a teenager, as a lifestyle officer at its aged care component.…
Hospital failed to restart patient’s warfarin and sent discharge letter to wrong GP: coroner
A hospital that stopped an elderly man’s warfarin decided ‘inappropriately’ that his GP should restart it, a coroner has found. According to Victorian coroner Katherine…
The stress of chemo-induced heart failure is no match for hospital carpark madness
How’s your Yiddish? I’ve just done my Aboriginal CPD component on the importance of maintaining one’s language. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering the…
TGA approves first iron infusion for kids
GPs can now provide IV iron infusions to children with iron-deficiency anaemia where oral preparations are ineffective or cannot be used. The TGA has extended…
Medical Must-See: How a bright yellow ulcer sparked a three-way ‘diagnostic dispute’
A young man’s yellow leg ulcer has served as a lesson in considering differential and albeit unusual diagnoses after US dermatologists discovered it was caused…
$200 MBS item for GP iron infusions a ‘no-brainer’: RACGP
Rebates for iron infusions in general practice would save taxpayers up to $123 million each year by keeping patients out of hospital, the RACGP says.…
