Ron Yan

Hematologist

[Raza S @RazaSN]

Medical decisions are fallible due to cognitive biases

Every blood transfusion begins with a decision

Co-authors and I review cognitive biases and their potential relevance for hospital-based transfusion medicine @BritishBloodTS journal

https://t.co/up3B6eQ1Eo

[Michelle Sholzberg @sholzberg]

Thank you @OntarioHealthOH OLMP, thank you @Dynacare, thank you @LifeLabs, thank you AlphaLabs, thank you @UofT, thank you to all members of ‘Raise the Bar’. This is a big step forward for Ontario and for 🇨🇦 Canada in promoting health equity for ppl with iron deficiency. 💥

[Samir C. Grover, M.D. @Samir_Grover]

The use of research manuscripts as currency for residency and fellowship applications is both inapt and unfair.

Why are we doing this?

It doesn't generate impactful knowledge in medicine, doesn't create better doctors, and forces people to do things they don't want to do.

[Marc Carrier @MarcCarrier1]

♀️ on oral contraceptive (OC) has a provoked proximal🦵DVT due to cast immobilization. Should we discontinue OC🩸after cessation of anticoagulant therapy? New evidence suggests a 2.5 ⬆️ risk of recurrent VTE while on OC compared to non-users.
https://t.co/WfUVMqR7C2
@JTHjournal

[Antonio Brandão @hematoin]

Excellent #DOACs review on this latest issue of @RPTHjournal. Almost all questions explored here! A must-read for in-training hematologists.

https://t.co/JMcIWfUzS5

[Ismail Raslan @itraslan]

More data for anti CD38 therapy in ITP

https://t.co/9ClQveDHpl

[Raza S @RazaSN]

Where do guideline INR thresholds like 1.8 come from?

Is it rational to transfuse plasma to "correct" them?

In @JTHjournal, my coauthors @Ritaselby1 @jeanniecallum et al review the surprising origins of modern INR thresholds (a hint in figure below)

https://t.co/sC03EfZGRp

[Raza S @RazaSN]

Summary of the latest 2024 Albumin Guideline
(for my notes and yours..)

Worth reading the full subsection for your subspecialty
https://t.co/7fFtHcuYpI

[Raza S @RazaSN]

A lot of physicians in Canada don't appreciate this yet.
Platelets you order now are different from a year ago

Some facts:

[JTH @JTHjournal]

It’s #WTD2023 @thrombosisDay #FridayThe13th

@DSwanhaem @connors_md describe the dilemmas in hematology:

consults in patients with arterial #thrombosis

https://t.co/fbyvvtW6Su

[Geoff Barnes @GBarnesMD]

Was that #VTE event provoked or unprovoked? @LanaCastellucci reminds us that it’s not dichotomous, but more accurately a gradient of recurrence risk. It might be best to use “persistent” and “transient” descriptors along with major/minor to better classify risk factors #PERT2023

[Ismail Raslan @itraslan]

Dr. @Ritaselby1 elegantly summarizes the many issues of D-Dimer assays in the SOA session #ISTH2023

Look at the variability around the VTE exclusion cutoff!!

If you use this test, familiarize yourself with your institutional assay.
@acweyand @sholzberg

[Ismail Raslan @itraslan]

Why?

[Trevor Jain @TrevorJain]

From the front line in NS. Adding NPs and PAs doesn’t help access block in the ED. @nsgov perhaps should listen to frontline docs and not organizations that have agendas.

[K Green @DrKSideGreen]

Preop anemia:
1. Increases mortality,
2. Is modifiable,
3. Is common.

Talk from @dryulialin at #ASH19 makes me wonder why we fuss so much about periop cardiac risk (e.g. identifying MINS) -- treating anemia seems like lower hanging fruit to potentially save lives.

[Sudeep Shivakumar @sudeeppappur]

What to do with tumor thrombus?? Dr. Curtis Marcoux’s poster helps to answer this (no spoilers!)
#ash19

[Bell Let's Talk @Bell_LetsTalk]

Never underestimate the power of talking. We can make an impact throughout the world. #BellLetsTalk

[Ron Yan @ronyan]

@Kingswood_Golf is the demo day open to the public?

[Shad Canada @ShadNetwork]

Thanks to everyone who attended #ShadCup last night, it was epic. Big congratulations to the Queens Team taking home top prize #ShadValley