Haematology
- Understand the basics of blood and plasma
- Chemotherapy drugs
- Types of blood films
- Different types of anaemia
- Haematology conditions
Overview
This module first conducts a basic overview of the red blood cell and the constituents of haemoglobin. We then cover the main drugs used to increase numbers of RBCs, WBCs and platelets before covering the main families of chemotherapy drugs in use. The next part of the module involves looking at different blood films and investigations used in haematology. We then look at the different types of anaemia, leukhaemias, lymphomas before covering the vasculitides and clinical chemistry.
What's Covered
Section 1:
Background
- Understand how haemoglobin is made
- Understand the functions of haemoglobin
- Importance of Vitamin B12 and folic acid
- Regulation of iron levels and ferritin
Section 2:
pharmacology
- Chemotherapy drugs
- Monoclonal antibodies and new cancer drugs
- Blood products (red blood cells, Frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate)
- Colony stimulating factors
Section 3:
Investigations
- Blood films and their associated conditions
- Coagulation screening and key variables
- Blood transfusion and complications
- Bone marrow biopsies
Section 4:
conditions
- Microcytic, normocytic and macrocytic anaemias
- Platelet and coagulation cascade conditions
- Leukhaemias and lymphomas
- Myloproliferative disorders
- Clinical chemistry
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