The monthly “Fritsma Factor” update appeared in my in-box this morning. You can
read it by
clicking here.
I subscribed to this one only a few months ago
in the hope it would be useful. It certainly is…
This is (supposed to be) a reflective diary by a (not very) anonymous biomedical scientist who works somewhere in the south of England. One day this diary may well be submitted to the Health and Care Professions Council as evidence of ongoing continual professional development....
8 April 2019 (Monday) - Stem Cell Evidence Alert
The nice people at the Stem cell Evidence Alert
sent their update today. All useful and interesting stuff:
Stem Cell Evidence Alert: Top Articles (April 2019)
Each month, the Stem Cell Evidence clinical team selects and reviews the most important new articles in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
All content for this alert is sourced from Stem Cell Evidence, a freely available online collection of high quality research relevant to haematopoietic stem cell transplantation...
7 April 2019 (Sunday) - Anti-c
In
conversation with one of the trainees the other day it turned out that she had been
specifically advised to avoid issuing c-positive blood to women of
child-bearing age if it was at all possible to do so.
Obviously
the reason is to avoid sensitisation and potential Rh disease due to
anti-c, but with the rarity of c-negative donor units this isn’t always
possible.
Whilst
I’ve often had this idea of giving Rh matched blood when possible, it isn’t really
a practical idea. But avoiding giving c-positive blood? I discussed the matter
with a colleague, and I've been thinking on the matter.
.
Obviously
the c antigen is rather antigenic. It can cause a particularly nasty
transfusion reaction and haemolytic
disease of the newborn.
However
c-negative people aren’t *that*
common. Twenty per cent of the Caucasian population of the UK and four per cent of those of African
extraction are c-negative. Compare this to ninety per cent of the population
being Kell-negative.
Mind
you I’m D-negative myself and I don’t want anti-D.
Perhaps
I might bear this in mind myself in future…
5 April 2019 (Friday) - ASH Update
The
American Society of Hematology sent a missive today which was rather interesting.
Some of the the
latest articles in the treatment and management of chronic leukemias. You can
see the update by
clicking here
3 April 2019 (Wednesday) - NHS Newsletter
NHS
England sent their newsletter today. You can read it by
clicking here.
Perhaps
not of that much relevance to my daily round, but it’s always interesting to know
what’s going on at head office…
1 April 2019 (Monday) - ASH Newsletter
The
March edition of the American Society of Hematology’ Clinical News arrived
today. You can read it by
clicking here.
This
issue featured a look at the misconceptions about travel-associated blood
clots, the treatment of young patients with myeloma, and a few useful snippets
1 April 2019 (Monday) - STP Update
The
latest bulletin from the Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation
Partnership arrived in my in-box this morning. You can read it by
clicking here.
Transformation
of local NHS provisions, Brexit preparations, changes to stroke care, new managers, there is a lot going on. Perhaps
not of immediate relevance to me, but someone somewhere is taking the trouble
to keep us all informed, and that is never a bad thing…
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