@path_brian

Asst. Prof. Pathology, @UTSW_Pathology. Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine. Tweets ≠ medical advice. Opinions my own. (He/Him)

 Dallas, TX
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Joined October 2019
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Standing offer to pathology trainees - if you donate blood I will buy you a cup of coffee.
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Help > Slip > Frank
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Are vegans ok with receiving porcine heparin anticoagulation? Are docs asking?
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Are vegans being overlooked in our prescribing practices: An orthopaedic perspective from Bristol,...

Bristol is considered the vegan capital of the UK. The UK vegan index reveals that Bristol has 360,000 Google searches each month for Vegan content. However, the possible animal source of the...

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Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding After Refusal: A Sentinel Event in a Misinformation Era | Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics share.google/tcZSuJVcCxpLLhx…

Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding After Refusal: A Sentinel Event in a Misinformation Era

A previously healthy infant presented at several weeks of age with irritability and cutaneous bleeding. Laboratory testing demonstrated a profound coagulopathy with markedly prolonged prothrombin and...

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Conrad Fischer
@SeeFisch
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FYI "Student doctors"= Medical students Residents have an MD or DO or MBBS degree and are "Doctor" the right term is INTERNATIONAL medical graduate (IMG) not FOREIGN.
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Eliminating the Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose - What is the true impact on pediatric transfusion safety? Check out our new JAMA Pediatrics Viewpoint jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Putting hand soap in a hand sanitizer dispenser is the wildest prank in healthcare.
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Does anyone have pathology CME they like doing?
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Happy CertLink Day! @TheABPath
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How are you diagnosing and treating mixed AIHA? pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
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What's your fav way to diagnose iron deficiency anemia with just the CBC?
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Great perspective from a human/patient with multiple myeloma nytimes.com/2025/07/25/style…

Can You Love a Stranger? (Published 2025)

I never even knew the last names of the people who sustained me through my darkest days.

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Happy @TheABPath CertLink day!
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Streaming the Oasis show - Biblical! @liamgallagher
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Most viewed in the last 7 days from @JAMA_current: Review focuses on the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of absolute iron deficiency with or without anemia. ja.ma/420rH1W
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Attention! April 7th is International Beaver Day. Now get back to work.
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This clears things up
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Salmonella Outbreak: 68 people are sick in 19 states, with 18 hospitalizations. Check your home for recalled whole fresh American cucumbers. Do not eat recalled products and throw them away. bit.ly/4eNjGR6
Whole fresh American cucumbers with text saying: Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled cucumbers. Whole fresh American cucumbers. • From “Agrotato, S.A. de C.V.” a grower in Mexico • All sizes packaged in bulk cardboard containers for retail or food service • Were sold between October 12, 2024, and November 26, 2024 • Look for a “SunFed Mexico” sticker cdc.gov/foodborne-outbreaks.

ALT Whole fresh American cucumbers with text saying: Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled cucumbers. Whole fresh American cucumbers. • From “Agrotato, S.A. de C.V.” a grower in Mexico • All sizes packaged in bulk cardboard containers for retail or food service • Were sold between October 12, 2024, and November 26, 2024 • Look for a “SunFed Mexico” sticker cdc.gov/foodborne-outbreaks.

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Are we talking turkey… hematology? - Unlike humans, turkey RBCs are nucleated - Heterophils (neutrophils for birds) tend to increase as a stress response – otherwise lymphocytes rule the differential roost - The PT for turkeys is prolonged relative to human (around 17 sec) - Turkey RBC have been used as reagents for tetanus immunity as well as other applications in the lab - The smear shows a WBC infected by the parasite Leucocytozoon smithi – birds get different leukotropic diseases than us!
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References: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F… pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article… jwpr.science-line.com/attach… Colin G. Scanes, Chapter 10 - Blood, Editor(s): Colin G. Scanes, Sturkie's Avian Physiology (Sixth Edition), Academic Press, 2015, Pages 167-191, ISBN 9780124071605, doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-40…. (sciencedirect.com/science/ar…)

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