Clinical Hematology: Made Ridiculously Simple

Now go look at a smear and find a blast. (Hopefully not.) Disclaimer: This is for educational entertainment. If you actually have a fever and bruising, stop reading and go to the ER.

Stop memorizing pathways. Start memorizing patterns . Blood is simple. It carries oxygen, clots, fights germs, or cleans house. If you figure out which of those four jobs is failing, you’ve already won. clinical hematology made ridiculously simple

But here is the secret: It only does four things. If you learn those four things, you can figure out 90% of hematology without breaking a sweat. Now go look at a smear and find a blast

| | (RBCs, Plts, Neutrophils) | Lymphoid (B & T cells) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Acute | AML (Old people, bad prognosis) | ALL (Kids, good prognosis) | | Chronic | CML (Has the Philadelphia chromosome. Treat with Gleevec!) | CLL (Old people. Often do nothing but watch.) | Stop memorizing pathways