Best Haematology Podcasts (2025)

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Heparin & the Anti-Xa Assay 59:29

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Feedback 00:52 Intro (shoutuout to the BSH anticoagulant monitoring guidelines) 02:15 Practical relevance of testing and monitoring anticoagulants 07:30 Heparin: The Basics 09:00 Unfractionated Heparin vs. Low Molecular Weight Heparin 10:24 Mechanism of action of Heparin (UfH vs. LMWH) LMWH: more Anti-Xa activity UfH Anti-IIa acitivity = Anti-Xa ac…

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Episode 47 - Blood Banking with the Best | An Interview with Dr Joe Chaffin, MD (aka BBGuy) 1:07:41

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Bashar was tasked with finding an expert to talk to about blood banking. He decided to cold-email the best transfusion-educator in the world who is probably responsible for hundreds if not thousands of haematology trainees understanding blood banking. Turns out he's an absolutely lovely guy who decided to spend an hour of his Monday morning chattin…

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Episode 46 - A PerPLEXing Journey | Introduction to Apheresis 33:48

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Red cells. White cells. Platelets. Plasma. Proteins. By your powers combined I am Captain… Whole Blood? Wouldn’t it be so much easier if we could work with each of these blood components individually. After all, we have to get them in a bag to donate to people. Before we swear off transfusion for the time being, join the Bloody Minded Crew as we le…

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Thrombin Time & Fibrinogen Assays 38:08

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Feedback 00:54 Intro and table of contents 1:48 Case 1: pre-op, prolonged PT and ++ prolonged APTT…thrombin time done 03:44 Case 2: post-op, normal PT and prolonged APTT…thrombin time done 04:46 Thrombin Time definition and ingredients (its all about the fibrinogen!) 10:45 Differentiating causes of prolonged thrombin time- protamine, reptilase, eca…

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Episode 45 - Much A-B-O about Nothing | Transfusing A-B-O Mismatched Transplants with Dr Eoghan Molloy 59:17

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Join our visiting expert Dr Eoghan Molloy - Multitalented transfusion medicine specialist and consultant haematologist at Cork University Hospital to teach us how to cross the ABO Rubicon and provide transfusion support in ABO mismatched transplantation. Visit the lab and see what happens to the forward and reverse group when you're in the middle o…

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Episode 44 - MAIPA Madness | FNAIT & Platelet Testing 39:12

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FOUR Antibodies. THREE Animals. TWO Crying Haem Registrars. ONE TEST - The MAIPA. Actually maybe more than two crying haem registrars. How many antibodies are too many antibodies to have inside a lab test? One? That’s just a DAT. Two? A mere sandwich ELISA. But the Monoclonal Antibody Immobilisation of Platelet Antigens (MAIPA) - that’s not just th…

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In conversation with... Michael Northend 15:49

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Dr Michael Northend (University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre, London, UK) joins us to discuss the long-term results of a randomised, phase 3 trial on early rituximab monotherapy versus watchful waiting for advanced stage, asymptomatic, low tumour burden follicular lymphoma.…

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Methadone - Episode 32 20:06

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In this banger of an episode, we take a deep dive into an SAQ on Methadone. This is an emerging public health area for emergency medicine trainees to build strong, exam-ready knowledge. In this episode, we take a focused look at methadone — covering its pharmacology, key prescribing considerations, and the management of methadone withdrawal syndrom…

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Michael Northend on early rituximab monotherapy versus watchful waiting for advanced stage, asymptomatic, low tumour burden follicular lymphoma 15:49

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Dr Michael Northend (University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre, London, UK) joins us to discuss the long-term results of a randomised, phase 3 trial on early rituximab monotherapy versus watchful waiting for advanced stage, asymptomatic, low tumour burden follicular lymphoma. Read th…

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Mixing Studies & Factor Assays 51:35

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Feedback 0:52 Intro and table of contents 2:36 CASE 1- Infection, due surgery and a prolonged APTT ft. a refresher on APTT prolongation 08:00 Mixing studies- definition and uses ft. Hari’s exam nugget 17:00 Factor assays (1 stage, 2 stage and chromogenic assays) ft. David’s humorous humility 43:30 David applies his new-found knowledge to our first …

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Episode 43 - When your number’s not up | Platelet Refractoriness 46:25

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Have you ever looked at your wallet after a big night out and seen that all your dollars have been conjugated to alloantibodies and phagocytosed by macrophages? Then you know what it’s like to transfuse a platelet refractory patient! Join us as we take a tour of platelet refractoriness and do our best to find some HLA-matched dollars for rent this …

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Episode 42 - In The Lab: Rare Groups, Subgroups, Elutes and Fruit Loops | Advanced Blood Banking 48:41

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Has this season been too simple? Want to up the difficulty? First of all you have issues, but second of all, welcome! It’s time to talk about all the things we don’t tell people about in the wider hospital - rare blood groups, subgroups, laboratory tips, tricks and more on this bumper In The Lab episode. Timestamps: 0:52 - How to get rich quick 3:5…

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Episode 41 - Transfusion for Two | HDFN and Anti-D 35:52

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What’s scarier than picking blood for one patient? Picking blood for TWO patients where one of them is inside the other (or only very recently outside). Obstetrics isn’t immune to the acronym train so join Nick, Cale and Bashar as we talk about HDFN, RhD prophylaxis and that OMG sensation that comes when looking after some of our smallest patients.…

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Mantle Cell Lymphoma 1:25:06

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Feedback 'Basics to Brilliance: Haematology Podcast' has been accredited for CPD credit by the Royal College of Pathologists UK. Medical professionals and clinical scientists holding career-grade positions, who are registered with any of the Royal Colleges for CPD, will be eligible to earn 1 credit for every hour of learning. Email: basicstobrillia…

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Practical Haemostasis of the Clotting Screen 34:27

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Feedback 00:00 Intro 04:25 Automated Methods of Measuring a Clot 05:50 Scenario 1 & Pre-Analytical Variables 11:50 HIL Index & Patient Factors 15:55 Blood Tube Basics 21:10 Nitty Gritties- What Happens When We Send a PT? 23:20 PT vs INR for Warfarin- Going Down The Rabbit Hole... 26:35 Heparin Neutralising Buffer 29:00 APTT 33:05 Summary (& an hono…

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Drowning - Episode 31 26:09

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In this episode, we take a deep dive into an SAQ on Drowning / Submersion Injury. This is something with specific Australian context, implications and data. Check out the cast notes and SAQ atBy Art of Emergency Medicine

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Episode 40 - On The Wards: The Antibodies of Wrath | IVIG and Rituximab Reactions 54:00

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IVIG & Rituximab – both involve Antibodies – and both can lead to infusion reactions that you may be called to as a junior doctor. But where do these antibodies even come from? Why are we even giving these treatments? What are you meant to do when called to review the patient? Head back to the wards, get your cheese ready and welcome back consultan…

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In conversation with... Joanne Verweij and Romy Pothof 17:47

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Dr Romy Pothof and Prof Joanne Verweij join us to discuss their development of an international consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.By The Lancet

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Joanne Verweij and Romy Pothof on fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia 17:47

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Dr Romy Pothof and Prof Joanne Verweij join us to discuss their development of an international consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(25)00029-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhae Continue th…

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The Clotting Screen: Back to Basics 45:19

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Feedback 0:00 Intro 2:45 What is Haemostasis? 3:55 Stages of Haemostasis (summary) 4:45 Primary Haemostasis 8:35 Secondary Haemostasis 11:10 The Clotting Cascade 12:20 Common + Extrinsic Pathway 13:50 Intrinsic Pathway (TwelvEleveNinEight) 14:25 Clotting Tests 16:30 Hari Pops The Bubble 18:05 In-Vivo vs. In-Vitro 22:20 Isolated PT Prolongation- cau…

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Episode 39 - Tweaks and Tune-Ups | A Guide to Blood Product Modifications 35:24

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Keen to augment your blood transfusion game but confused as to when, where and why? Join the Bloody Minded boffins as we cover all the major modifications to blood products you can order. More importantly, why you should and sometimes shouldn't bother ordering them. Have a sensible conversation with your blood bank after you listen to this episode.…

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Episode 38 - Infinity Products | Massive Transfusion Protocols 37:59

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Perfectly balanced, as all things should be. All that blood doesn’t just arrive when you snap your fingers together. The REALITY is you need the TIME and SPACE to thaw that frozen plasma and the strength of MIND to keep all the components in the right ratios. Only the chosen few with the POWER of transfusion medicine and the SOUL of the laboratory …

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Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) 1:11:45

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Feedback 'Basics to Brilliance: Haematology Podcast' has been accredited for CPD credit by the Royal College of Pathologists UK. Medical professionals and clinical scientists holding career-grade positions, who are registered with any of the Royal Colleges for CPD, will be eligible to earn 1 credit for every hour of learning. Email: basicstobrillia…

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Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) 1:18:24

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Feedback 'Basics to Brilliance: Haematology Podcast' has been accredited for CPD credit by the Royal College of Pathologists UK. Medical professionals and clinical scientists holding career-grade positions, who are registered with any of the Royal Colleges for CPD, will be eligible to earn 1 credit for every hour of learning. Email: basicstobrillia…

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Episode 37 - In The Lab: Red Cell Matchmaking | Group and Hold, Antibody Screen, Crossmatch 32:56

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It’s an early trip to the lab this season to explore exactly how we safely match the blood in the bank to the patient on the ward. Follow your trusty hand-labelled group-and-hold tube as we unpack what actually goes into blood grouping, antibody screening and the final hurdle, the crossmatch! Timestamps 0:52 - Nick lives in squalor, surprising nobo…

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Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) 1:00:26

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Feedback 'Basics to Brilliance: Haematology Podcast' has been accredited for CPD credit by the Royal College of Pathologists UK. Medical professionals and clinical scientists holding career-grade positions, who are registered with any of the Royal Colleges for CPD, will be eligible to earn 1 credit for every hour of learning. Email: basicstobrillia…

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Episode 36 - What’s in the bag, Somerset, what’s in the bag? | Blood Products 40:28

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We’re back again to answer all of your questions- what’s exactly is a "unit" of blood and how do we go about giving it? What on earth is the difference between FFP and ELP and cryodepleted plasma? And what do each of them sound like, if you were to interpret them via a completely unnecessary collection of household objects? As always, we’ve got you…

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Helene Schoemans, Elke Stienissen, and Kathy Goris on a consulting a patient advisory board to understand unmet needs of patients with GVHD in Europe 27:06

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Prof Helene Schoemans, Elke Stienissen, and Kathy Goris join us to discuss the importance of consulting a patient advisory board to understand unmet needs of patients with GVHD in Europe. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedi…

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In conversation with... Helene Schoemans, Elke Stienissen, and Kathy Goris 27:06

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Prof Helene Schoemans, Elke Stienissen, and Kathy Goris join us to discuss the importance of consulting a patient advisory board to understand unmet needs of patients with GVHD in Europe.By The Lancet

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Episode 35 - The Other Resus | Introduction to Blood Groups 49:57

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We’ve been out of line with the rest of #FOAM #MedEd podcasts for the longest time. Forget that haematology stuff, it’s time to talk about RESUS. Break out your adrenaline, it’s time to crack some chests and… wait what? You meant Rhesus? With an H? Oh right… okay. Put down those trauma shears as the only thing we’ll be cracking open are the ISBT Re…

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Episode 34 - On the Wards: I would do anything for blood – but I won’t do that | Transfusion Reactions 1:02:08

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Do you fear – The Power of Blood? Have you been warned – You can’t Hurry Blood? Today we tackle all the ways Blood (and love) can go wrong. . . and how to manage it on the wards. Too cryptic? Join Bloody Minded's own consultant haematologist Dr Alison Chandler and the rest of the Bloody Minded Crew as we cover the many and varied reactions patients…

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In conversation with... Dawn Swan 15:02

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Dr Dawn Swan joins us to discuss current knowledge and future perspectives on the possible association between air pollution and venous thromboembolism.By The Lancet

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Dawn Swan on air pollution and venous thromboembolism 15:02

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Dr Dawn Swan joins us to discuss current knowledge and future perspectives on the possible association between air pollution and venous thromboembolism. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(24)00291-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_general_lanhae Continue this conversation on social! Follow u…

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Decompression Illness - Episode 30 34:17

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Welcome to our first podcast of 2025 on Dysbarism focussing on Decompression Illness. We wanted to cover this important summer topic with a deep dive on Physics and pathophysiology which will make it a lot easier to understand and score high marks on potential SAQs. As usual the accompanying SAQ document has potential questions that could be asked …

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Episode 33 - CAR-T and Chromothripsis | Multiple Myeloma Review with Dr Christian Bryant 1:02:02

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Myeloma beware, it's time to bring out the big guns. We are incredibly thankful to be joined by a peak predator of plasma cells, Dr. Christian Bryant. He is a consultant Haematologist at RPA in Sydney, has a PhD on the immunology of myeloma and is driven by a passion to improve the treatment and understanding of all things myeloma. TIMESTAMPS 2:18 …

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In conversation with... Leslie Skeith 16:03

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Dr Leslie Skeith joins us to discuss the PARTUM pilot trial, comparing low-dose aspirin versus placebo in postpartum venous thromboembolism.By The Lancet

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Leslie Skeith on low-dose aspirin for postpartum venous thromboembolism prophylaxis 16:03

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Dr Leslie Skeith joins us to discuss the PARTUM pilot trial, comparing low-dose aspirin versus placebo in postpartum venous thromboembolism. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(24)00338-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhae Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at..…

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Episode 32 - Phagocytose. Pray. Love. | Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) 41:19

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Ferritin keeps climbing and you’re getting jumpy? Did you consult Haem and then they were bedside 5 minutes later? Ever had to donate your own blood to test the patient for something? Join Nick, Cale and Bashar as we unpack a very special bonus episode on another deadly TLA, HLH. TIMESTAMPS 3:24 - History of HLH 5:26 - What is a histiocyte? 7:44 - …

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Episode 31 - Advanced Myeloma Nursing with A/Prof Tracy King 54:25

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Thankfully, it's time for an actual expert to join us again on Bloody Minded! We are thrilled to be sitting down and chatting with A/Prof. Tracy King, Myeloma CNC from RPA Hospital in Sydney, Co-Founder and past president of the HSANZ Nursing Group. From convenient treatment schedulers to the side effects we should be thinking more about to many id…

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Episode 30 - Schnitzler’s List | Other Paraprotein Associated Diagnoses 36:18

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All that glitters isn’t gold, and all that paraproteins isn’t myeloma. But if we’re not going to blame myeloma, then what else might be responsible? Hold on to your M-Spikes as we the Bloody Minded Team dive into the weird and wonderful world of paraproteins causing havoc in patients without myeloma. This episode isn’t for the faint of blood so get…

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Episode 29 - On The Wards: It's Getting Hot in Here | Febrile Neutropenia 54:13

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Its time to hit the hot girl summer of haematology (we're in Australia after all) but also the hot boy winter and Autumn and Spring. Because our patients are hot all year round and sadly all night shift and possibly all throughout your ward round. Welcome to our next On The Wards episode looking at fevers in the haematology patient with a focus on …

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BRASH Syndrome - Episode 29 20:55

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This final episode of 2024, we go into Xmas and New Year with a bang and discuss an important clinical presentation with a unique pathophysiology. Treating the presenting features with the usual protocols may actually be counterproductive here. Prompt diagnosis and recognition leads to a positive outcome for the patient in the emergency department …

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Episode 28 - In the Lab: Flow Cytometry, Mass Spectrometry & Cytogenetics in MM 42:26

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Can’t get enough of obscure haematological lab chat, can you? Well we’ve got good news for you! Join us today as we delve even deeper into the arcane depths of flow cytometry, mass spectrometry and cytogenetics as they apply to myeloma. We promise we didn’t just make these words up. 02:23 - Flow cytometry: overview 04:01 - The flow cytometer: pract…

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Episode 27 - In The Lab: Electrophoresis, Immunoelectrophoresis and Serum Free Light Chain Assays 48:14

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Thought you were free of myeloma acronyms? Don’t be ridiculous - this is the haematology lab! We were born in the acronyms, moulded by them. We didn’t see a complete word until advanced training and even then it was nothing but BLINDING. Your lab tests betray you because they belong to us… but in this episode we’ll let you in on some secrets. Join …

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In conversation with... Neema Mayor and Caitlin Farrow 17:55

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Dr Neema Mayor and Dr Caitlin Farrow from the Anthony Nolan Research Institute join us to discuss the findings of their study on the impact of patient ethnicity on haematopoietic cell transplantation outcomes in the United Kingdom.By The Lancet

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Neema Mayor and Caitlin Farrow on impact of patient ethnicity on haematopoeietic cell transplantation outcome in the United Kingdom 17:53

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Dr Neema Mayor and Dr Caitlin Farrow from the Anthony Nolan Research Institute join us to discuss the findings of their study on the impact of patient ethnicity on haematopoietic cell transplantation outcomes in the United Kingdom. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(24)00312-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzs…

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Episode 26 - Trip to the Congo | Amyloidosis Overview 35:14

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MGUS and Myeloma too simple for your tastes? Do you like vague presentations and biopsying many tissues in a sometimes wild goose chase? Why does Congo have all the birefringent apples? Go 'AAaah' as we TTRy to unpack ALl the problems that come with that most protean of disease - Systemic Amyloidosis! Timestamps 3:04 - Pathophysiology of Amyloid 6:…

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Paediatric Anaemia - Episode 28 17:08

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In this episode, we cover a common ailment but with a paediatric qualifier - iron deficiency anaemia in a child. We discuss what the red flags are for a child needing admission for anaemia (not what you would think) and differentials along with investigations. Go to for the SAQ and cast notes.By Art of Emergency Medicine

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Episode 25 - Alphabet Soup | Overview of Myeloma Treatments 47:20

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RVd, KTd, CyBorD, DVd, EloRd - Looks like the cat got on the keyboard. Oh wait, this is just the myeloma regimens in day therapy today. Come on a journey as we attempt (mostly successfully) to avoid drug trade names! Let go of your proteasome inhibitions, phenotype your red cells and let us modulate your understanding of what it is to treat myeloma…

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Episode 24 - Blue Fried Eggs | Intro to Multiple Myeloma 28:35

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== I do not like blue eggs and ham, I do not like them, Sam I Am. They crowd and clump, they grow too fast, Causing troubles that can last. They make my bones feel weak and sore, And through my kidneys they gnaw! I do not like blue eggs, you see, They're signs of something wrong with me. == Timestamps 3:35 - Recap of MGUS + smouldering myeloma 4:42…