Hematology & Oncology

What Will You Learn?

• Basics - Hematopoiesis
• Anemias - Classifications, Erythrocytes, Hemoglobin, Iron metabolism, Iron indices, differential diagnosis for anemia
• Microcytic anemias - Thalassemia (alpha & beta), Anemia of chronic disease, Iron deficiency, Lead poisoning, Sideroblastic anemia
• Macrocytic anemias - Definitions, Vitamin B12 deficiency, Folate deficiency, orotic aciduria, Fanconi anemia, Diamond-Blackfan anemia
• Normocytic anemias - Aplastic anemia, Sickle cell anemia, HbSC disease, Hereditary spherocytosis, Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, G6PD deficiency, Pyruvate kinase deficiency, Autoimmune hemolytic anemia – Warm vs Cold; Drug-induced, Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, Macroangiopathic hemolytic anemia
• Primary hemostasis disorders - Mind Map - Primary Hemostasis disorders, Clinical findings - Platelets, Diagnostic tests - Platelets, Primary hemostasis steps, ITP, HUS, TTP, DIC, HIT, Von Willebrand disease, Bernard-Soulier disease vs Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia
• Secondary hemostasis disorders - Mind map - Secondary hemostasis disorders, Clinical findings – Secondary hemostasis disorders, Diagnostic tests - Secondary hemostasis disorders, Secondary hemostasis steps, Hemophilia A, B, C, Liver disease, Vitamin K deficiency, DIC
• Hereditary thrombosis syndrome - Activated Protein C resistance (Factor V leiden), Prothrombin gene mutation, Protein C and S deficiency, Antithrombin deficiency
• Transfusion medicine - Basics - Tests to perform before transfusion, Indications for packed RBC transfusion, Types of blood products, Blood transfusion reactions, Blood transfusion and Hypocalcemia, Transfusion and Hemochromatosis
• Leukemias - Mind map – Hematopoietic derivation of hematologic disorders (Myeloid stem cell line), Mind map - Leukemias, Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Myeloproliferative syndromes, Polycythemia vera, Essential thrombocythemia (Essential thrombocytosis), Chronic myelogenous leukemia, Idiopathic myelofibrosis, Chronic lymphoblastic leukemia (CLL), Hairy cell leukemia, Myelodysplastic syndrome
• Lymphomas & Plasma cell disorders - Mind map – Lymphoid stem cell line, Mind map – Lymphomas, Hodgkin, Non-Hodgkin, Mind Map – Plasma cell disorders, Multiple myeloma, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, Tumor lysis syndrome, Anti-cancer drugs