Shirley D’Sa
@ShirleyDSa1
WALDENSTRÖM and IgM MGCS enthusiast, and the coolest diseases CAD / CRYO, keen on digital engagement for education, anti-global inequality
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23-06-2022 11:48:10
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Thousands of people in the UK are to take part in countrywide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose #dementia , led by Prof Jonathan Schott (@UCLIoN) and Dementias Platform UK, based at University of Oxford.
Read in The Guardian ⬇️ bit.ly/3U3vkQO
Safety, tolerability, and activity of the active C1s antibody #riliprubart in cold agglutinin disease: a phase 1b study
👉tinyurl.com/4wv9c959
Gives us another potential new option to treat these very difficult patients if hemolysis is a problem.
Blood Journal Shirley D’Sa
Designed by patients, carers, charities, patient orgs and haematology HCPs inc Shirley D’Sa Claire Harrison Nick Duncan Martin Kaiser awechalekar Prof Kofi Anie Mina Gupta Dr Sanne Lugthart Dr Jo Emmanuel Daniel Royston #HPCC2024 #haematology #patientempowerment
An exciting clinical research fellow in haematology post now open at UK National Amyloidosis Centre and UCLH amyloidosis/MGCS trials clinic - see #nhsjobs - 2-3 yrs with opportunities to do a PhD at UCL. OutLandysh Society BSH - Haematology European Hematology Association ASH LinkedIn
William Dalrymple Empire Podcast anita anand Dr Gabrielle Walker The Empire podcast by historian William Dalrymple and journalist Anita Anand is probably the most thoughtfully rendered and curated podcast online. Strongly recommended.
Belantamab mafodotin in relapsed AL
British Journal of Haematology
Real world
n=31
Med fu 12m
Med 5 doses, 1.9mg/kg 6wkly (1.25-2.5)
ORR 71% VGPR/CR 58%
Time ➡️best response 2m
👁️68% keratopathy: all reversible
Use in pts trial ‘ineligible’:
23% dialysis (39% eGFR<30)
13% Mayo IIIb
awechalekar
Just finished this 👇🏽by Kenyan literary giant-Ngugi wa Thiong'o writer/poet/playwright growing up during the transition of Kenya from a British colony to an independent country 🇰🇪. He studied at Makerere University in Uganda 🇺🇬 (where my father was a lecturer). Superb 👌
Keith Siau Suspected cutaneous thrombosis w/ hemorrhagic necrosis 2/2 cold agglutinin disease (CAD)
DDx: frostbite, PNH, cryoglobulinemia, TAO, PAN
CAD Management 👇🏼
[image source: Jahanzaib Khwaja via Haematologica, haematologica.org/article/view/h…]
Incredibly pleased to have passed 20,000,000 downloads earlier this month 🎉 🍾
Thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, and written in to the podcast. William Dalrymple + anita anand + the team at Goalhanger Podcasts are so grateful.
Who's been enjoying the Persia series?
Good grief! We just crossed TWENTY MILLION downloads Empire Podcast! Thank you wonderful anita anand for putting up with me, week after week, and thank you our wonderful listeners for keeping listening, despite everything!