Blood and immune system conditions
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#VisualAbstract CARDAMON case series: Thrombotic microangiopathy in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients receiving carfilzomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone can be preventatively managed
SMC accepts fostamatinib for chronic immune thrombocytopenia
Treatment accepted for restricted use within NHS Scotland.
Kawasaki disease: symptoms, pathophysiology, treatment
This short video presents the symptoms, pathophysiology, and treatment of Kawasaki disease.
Ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject▼): risk of symptomatic hypophosphataemia leading to osteomalacia and fractures
Monitor serum phosphate levels in patients treated with multiple high-dose administrations, or those on long-term treatment, and in those with pre-existing risk factors for hypophosphataemia.
Thrombocytopenia
Author: Jessica Garner, general practitioner, Worcester. Reviewed by Luke Koupparis, general practitioner, Bristol.