Thomas Cooley
Thomas Benton Cooley (1871 - 1945) was an American pediatrician and haematologist. Cooley Anemia (1925) [Thalassemia major]
Category Haematology
Ida Bianco
Ida Bianco Silverstroni (1917 - 2006) was an Italian physician and haematologist. Silvestroni-Bianco anaemia (1948); heterozygotous thalassaemia
Pel-Ebstein fever
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1885 – Pieter Klazes Pel first described this phenomenon in Berliner klinische Wochenschrift. A 25-year-old paper maker died after a four-month illness, in which five 10-30 day episodes of fever, each…
Reed-Sternberg cells
Reed–Sternberg cells: multinucleate, giant cells found in individuals with Hodgkin lymphoma. Carl Sternberg (1898) and Dorothy Reed (1902)
Jean-Baptiste Denis
Jean-Baptiste Denis (1640- 1704) was a physician and Professor of philosophy and mathematics. Blood transfusion(xenotransfusion) in 1667
Prof P.K. Pel
Pieter Klazes Pel (1852 - 1919) was a Dutch physician and professor of internal medicine.
Cryoprecipitate
Cryoprecipitate is prepared by thawing fresh frozen plasma (FFP) between 1°C and 6°C and recovering the precipitate
The cold-insoluble precipitate is refrozen.
Leukodepleted Blood
RBCs used for transfusion in Australia and New Zealand are now universally leukodepleted; leukodepletion filters were previously used at the bedside
Blood Transfusion in ICU
OVERVIEW anaemia common in ICU tendency to more restrictive strategy c/o increased morbidity associated with transfusion general attempts to minimize the requirement for blood transfusion should be pursued STRATEGIES TO MINIMISE BLOOD TRANSFUSION REQUIREMENTS stopping bleeding early stop unnecessary anticoagulation…
Blood Bank and Pre-Transfusion Testing
blood products undergo a meticulous collection, preparation and testing process to minimise the risks of blood transfusion
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) is a rare life-threatening condition that resembles HUS, the distinction is important because TTP can be treated with plasmapheresis
Thrombocytopaenia
Definition of thrombocytopenia is a platelet count < 150 × 10E9/L most common haemostatic abnormality in ICU patients