Episode 73 - What a Headache | CVST & Antithrombin Deficiency with Dr Caroline Dix — Bloody Minded We’ve had one difficult coagulation topic yes, but what about second difficult coagulation topic? We are joined by the fantastic Dr Caroline Dix today to take us through not one but TWO challenging ...

We were very lucky to have Dr Caroline Dix on the pod this week to talk about CVST and antithrombin deficiency! A fantastic chat about some big and often scary topics in haem. Available wherever you get your podcasts #hemesky #cvst #antithrombin

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Are you looking for information about #bloodclots? Thrombosis UK has an A-Z of medically approved information booklets, fact sheets & films free to access/download thrombosisuk.org/patient-info...
#DVT #PE #CVST #clot #thrombosis

10 years ago today, Jordan, age 14, ended up in the ER. We thought it was the flu. We were told she had cerebral venous sinus thrombosis #cvst blood clots throughout her brain.

Her pediatric hem/onc NEVER found out why or excluded any blood disorder. #medicalnegligence #sheshouldbehere

A complete report of the #VITT UK cases from our haematology colleagues (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2109908 confirms #CVST as the most common site of thrombosis and #ICH as the most serious complication.

Collaboration gets us further.

When the first cases of #CVST #VITT emerged, the UK neurologists, stroke physicians and haematologists came together to investigate them.
This paper @TheLancet is the outcome of our work and the largest cohort of such patients to date.