Posted: January 25, 2023
David L. McGlasson, MS, MLS(ASCP) Choosing Wisely is a United States-based health educational campaign led by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIMF) and the Consumers’ Union to reduce the prevalence of unnecessary diagnostic tests and treatments.1 The Choosing Wisely campaign goal is to disseminate information for clinicians and patients that provides diagnostic care…
Posted: January 3, 2023
– Olivia Stricker, PhD and Commercial Business Development Manager at DiaPharma Group I recently attended the AASLD Emerging Topics in Alcohol-associated Liver Disease conference in Philadelphia, PA. Although I had been researching clinical practices in alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) for the past 6 months, I quickly realized how limited my perspective was from only consuming…
Posted: December 21, 2022
-Contributed by Abi Kasberg, PhD After recently attending the AASLD Emerging Topics in Alcohol-associated Liver Disease conference, it quickly came to my attention the complexities and challenges that are faced while treating alcohol- associated liver diseases (ALD). For one, current treatment options for ALD are incredibly limited. ALD therapies are disputed in effectiveness and can…
Posted: October 7, 2022
Chicago, IL, August 15-18, 2022 David L. McGlasson, MS, MLS(ASCP) The recent THSNA 2022 meeting that was held in Chicago, IL from August 15-18, 2022, was a welcome event, as attendees for the first time in a couple of years could attend the conference in person or virtually. Finally, attendees had the ability to…
Posted: September 26, 2022
– Contributed by Abi Kasberg, PhD Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a rare and severe complication of adenoviral-based COVID-19 vaccinations. VITT occurs at a rate of 1:100,000 to 1:1,000,000 and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Long term complications of VITT and VITT antibodies can persist for more than 9 months and has…
Posted: August 31, 2022
-Contributed by Abi Kasberg, PhD Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a rare, inherited, autosomal dominant disorder that is characterized by fluid accumulation and tissue swelling that can be painful and potentially life-threatening. This form of angioedema is driven by vasculature leakage into surrounding tissues including in the hands, feet, lips, genitals, gastrointestinal tract, or airway. Normal…
Posted: June 28, 2022
INTRODUCTION In a previous CLOT CLUB blog post I discussed how chromogenic factor X assays (CFX) were more accurate and less likely to be influenced in certain instances than using the prothrombin time/international ratio assay (PT/INR)1. The PT/INR may be falsely elevated in the presence of lupus anticoagulants (LA), direct thrombin inhibitors (DTI), and dysfibrinogenemia. …