Hello everyone! Just look here..  What does it mean ? SHOAN …?  the name  Shoan  is of Hebrew origin and means "Gift of Salvation"...

Hi everyone! Here are some DOAC dosing mnemonics for atrial fibrillation!  Rivar O xaban:  O nce daily Apixaban: Twice daily  Dabigatran: Tw...

Did you know that the absorption of dabigatran etexilate is dependent on an acid environment in the stomach? This is why it is formulated to...

VWF  acts as a carrier protein for factor VIII.  Factor VIII is more rapidly degraded when unbound, and VWF deficiency can therefore lead to...

Hi  Reversible inhibitors of ADP-r (P2Y12) such as ticagrelor, cangrelor, and elinogrel used as anti-platelet drugs have a unique side effec...

 What is the hallmark of sickle cell retinopathy? Sea fan neovascularization. All patients with SCD should have dilated funduscopic examinat...

Over the past few months, overwhelming evidence has accumulated suggesting the dysregulation of the coagulation pathways in COVID patients ...

Hello everyone! In the context of COVID-19, we will talk about two specific terms: Lymphopenia and Pneumonia. COVID-19 Pneumonia We me...

Apart from congenital disorders, various clinical scenarios can give rise to altered hemostatic patterns leading to the state of so-calle...

Von Willebrand disease is one of the most commonly encountered congenital bleeding disorders in clinical practice. Broadly speaking they ar...

Hello Awesomites ! The future blogs will be on confusers. Q. On peripheral blood smears there is presence of spherocytes . What are the...

Apart from Hydroxyurea, Analgesics and vasodilators like phosphodiesterase inhibitors, certain tantalizing novel drugs have been approved f...

Hey! =) What does cryoprecipitate contain?  Cryoprecipitate preparations contain concentrated amounts of fibrinogen (factor I), factor V...

Hi! Multiple myeloma - everything P - malignant P roliferation of P lasma cells derived from a single clone. - Immunoglobulin produ...

The gamma gap aka paraprotein gap or protein gap is the difference between total serum proteins and albumin measured from a comprehensive m...

Polycythemia refers to an increased hemoglobin concentration and/or hematocrit in peripheral blood. For Diagnosing the specific cause of p...

Hello Guys! So we were operating on a metastatic brain lesion the other day when My Consultant happened to ask me the question-  " ...

1)PNH originates from an acquired mutation ( frame-shift that creates a premature stop codon) in a myeloid stem cell, the acquired mutation...

Warfarin-induced skin necrosis is a complication of warfarin therapy in which the patient develops demarcated areas of purpura and necrosis...