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Are you a physician providing care to patients with heavy menstrual bleeding? Please take our short survey:  surveymonkey.com/r/SGSGYNS And please RT and share!

I will be closing down my Twitter in 2 weeks. Meanwhile: My Transplanted Heart and I Will Die Soon nytimes.com/2023/04/18/opi…

Vainder et al. find pregnant people with physical disabilities 2⃣x higher risk #VTE during/after pregnancy & those using mobility aids:6⃣x‼️ Pts should be counselled about symptoms. @mvainder Hilary Brown U of T Ob-Gyn @sinaihealth U of T Scarborough Research & Innovation ICES bit.ly/3MyJ4zA

New guideline on the treatment of the Rare Bleeding Disorders has been published by the French #Hemophilia Doctors in the European Journal of Haematology. Free PDF in English. tinyurl.com/yf83p7cb

I had the honour of meeting Justice Horace Krever in 2007. His deep empathy and unshakeable commitment to justice changed Canada's blood regulation system forever - and for the better. A true hero. May he rest in power. #HemeTwitter theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Excellent review of a very common consult question! Perioperative Management of Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy | NEJM Evidence evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Dr Melissa Boileau reviews the challenge of apheresis in cold agglutinin disease CSTM #cstm2023

Did you catch the ISTH 2022 #StateoftheArt lecture on #thromboticmicroangiopathy in #pregnancy? Scully & Neave address the different TMAs that may occur during pregnancy or postpartum, and discuss evaluation, diagnosis, management, and recent data. rpthjournal.org/article/S2475-…

A sampling of the future of Canadian Transfusion Medicine at CSTM2023 Heather VanderMeulen Sumedha Arya Nicole Relke and Taylor Dear #cstm2023

Dr Taylor Dear reviews a retrospective cohort study that suggests NO benefit for higher hb in cervical cancer patients receiving brachytherapy. And RBC utilisation SIGNIFICANTLY different. Ziad Solh

Now that we know that pulse oximetry is inaccurate in Black patients, the new name is FalseOx. “…in two large cohorts, Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia that was not detected by pulse oximetry as White patients.” nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

🩸 Resistance to unfractionated heparin in #ICU, evaluation & management options 💉 monitoring UFH 💉 mechanisms of resistance 💉 how to manage UFH resistance PS check supplement table on IV anticoagulants in ICU #FOAMcc Jerrold Levy, MD Giuseppe Citerio @foamecmo 🖇️ rdcu.be/ddX38

Michelle Zeller Dr Mickey Zeller is my Iron Woman Hero at McMaster University Department of Medicine. These slides from Dr Michelle Sholzberg is why she & many others do the good work of treating iron deficiency anemia! 33% of the WORLD has iron deficiency anemia - we are desensitized to this. We can do better! #ISTH2023

Dr. Michelle Sholzberg passionately talks @ the barriers to access & how we can save womens lives globally with TXA ⁦Michelle Sholzberg⁩ ⁦ISTH⁩ ⁦Professor Beverley Hunt OBE (also on BlueSky)⁩ ⁦Fionnuala Ní Áinle⁩

🔥 Critical evaluation of medical lit is a skill & the cornerstone of evidence based medicine. Anticoagulation Forum has developed a comprehensive guide & webinar to uplevel your practice @bishoyragheb Gabe Fontaine Scott Kaatz #TwitteRx #AnticoagStewardship acforum-excellence.org/Resource-Cente…

Hello everyone, I'm recruiting participants for my PhD study on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among women of African descent in Canada. A nationwide mixed method study. Kindly share, thanks❤️

"It's period justice" -- A trend sweeping women’s sports: No more white shorts — and talking openly about #menstruation,🩸by Vanessa Friedman nytimes.com/2023/08/08/sty… via The New York Times

Uptodate comprehensive review of thrombosis in patients with nephrotic syndrome now in press in RPTH. tinyurl.com/yc4vmjxt #thrombosis #nephrotic #renal

Original Investigation: Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes to Reduce Transfusions in Intensive Care This cluster randomized trial compares use of std- vs small-vol blood collection tubes in decreasing rates of anemia & red blood cell transfusions (3/x) jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

TXA treats heavy menstrual bleeding and postpartum hemorrhage, but widespread adoption faces barriers like sexism, period poverty, and stigma. Addressing these issues could save lives & improve quality of life. Heather VanderMeulen Grace Tang Michelle Sholzberg Read: rpthjournal.org/article/S2475-…