Stop memorizing pathways. Start memorizing patterns . Blood is simple. It carries oxygen, clots, fights germs, or cleans house. If you figure out which of those four jobs is failing, you’ve already won.
But here is the secret: It only does four things. If you learn those four things, you can figure out 90% of hematology without breaking a sweat. clinical hematology made ridiculously simple
| | (RBCs, Plts, Neutrophils) | Lymphoid (B & T cells) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Acute | AML (Old people, bad prognosis) | ALL (Kids, good prognosis) | | Chronic | CML (Has the Philadelphia chromosome. Treat with Gleevec!) | CLL (Old people. Often do nothing but watch.) | Stop memorizing pathways