Weibel-Palade Bodies

J. Evan Sadler, MD, PhD Professor Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri H&O What are Weibel-Palade bodies? JS […]

The Safety of the Blood Supply

Paul Ness, MD Director, Division of Transfusion Medicine Professor of Pathology and Medicine Joint Appointment in Oncology The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins University […]

Sickle Cell Disease in Children

Winfred C. Wang, MD Department of Hematology St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis, Tennessee H&O Could you provide some background on sickle cell disease? WW In the United […]

Abnormal Partial Thromboplastin Time in Adults and Children

Rajiv K. Pruthi, MBBS Associate Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota H&O What is the partial thromboplastin time (PTT) test? RP The coagulation cascade consists of 3 […]

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Advances in Management

Cindy Neunert, MD, MSCS Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, Texas H&O What is idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and […]

Treatment of Factor XI Deficiency

Louis M. Aledort, MD Professor of Medicine Hematology and Medical Oncology Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, New York H&O How does factor XI deficiency differ from […]

Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome: New Approaches to Diagnosis and Management

David T. Teachey, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Divisions of Hematology and Oncology Blood and Marrow Transplant Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania School of […]

Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia

George M. Rodgers, III, MD, PhD Professor, Divisions of Hematology and Oncology Department of Internal Medicine Huntsman Cancer Institute University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah […]

The Hypercoagulability of Intravenous Immunoglobulin

Meir Mizrahi, MD Internal Medicine & Liver Units Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel H&O What is intravenous immunoglobulin? MM Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a solution of […]

Positive Blood Cultures

Melvin P. Weinstein, MD Professor of Medicine and Pathology Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy & Immunology Robert Wood Johnson Medical School New Brunswick, New Jersey […]

Future Directions for Antiplatelet Drugs

Sergio Coccheri, MD Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Bologna Bologna, Italy H&O What are some of the current options in antiplatelet therapy? SC The most common options […]

New Intravenous Iron Replacement Therapies

Michael Auerbach, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, DC H&O How common is anemia in cancer patients? MA Up to 70% of patients […]

The Importance of Antibody Detection and Identification in the Chronically Transfused Patient

S. Gerald Sandler, MD Professor of Medicine and Pathology Director, Transfusion Medicine Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC H&O What types of patients require maintenance therapy with chronic […]

The Role of the Oncologist in the Management of VTE

Alok A. Khorana, MD, FACP Vice-Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology James P. Wilmot Cancer Center University of Rochester Rochester, New York […]

Hypercoagulability and Recurrent Miscarriages

Benjamin Brenner, MD Professor of Hematology Caster Chair of Leukemia Research Director, Thrombosis and Hemostasis Unit Rambam Health Care Campus Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel […]

Dietary Supplements and Oral Anticoagulants

Ann K. Wittkowsky, PharmD, CACP, FASHP, FCCP Clinical Professor University of Washington School of Pharmacy Director, Anticoagulation Services University of Washington Medical Center Seattle, Washington H&O Why is […]

Hormone-based Contraceptive Therapy and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Young Women

Helen Roberts, MB, MPH, FAChSHM Senior Lecturer Women’s Health Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand H&O What do we know of the […]

Thrombophilia Evaluation: The Value of Testing Relatives

Thrombophilia Evaluation: The Value of Testing Relatives Kenneth A. Bauer, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts H&O When testing for inherited thrombophilia, what factors should physicians look for? […]

Biosimilars: Considerations With Low Molecular Weight Heparins

Biosimilars: Considerations With Low Molecular Weight Heparins Craig M. Jackson, PhD, Formerly Professor of Biological Chemistry, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri H&O What are […]

Drug-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia

Drug-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia George Garratty, PhD, FRCPath, Scientific Director American Red Cross Blood Services Southern California Region Pomona, California H&O What is the incidence/prevalence of drug induced immune hemolytic anemia (DIIHA)? […]