Hematology
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Hematology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with blood and its disorders.
It is commonly divided into three sub-areas, according to the type and group of cells it refers to. This subdivision is incomplete, as many diseases affect most or all of the components of blood and bone marrow.
- Red blood cells
- anemias
- hemoglobinopathies
- blood banking (red cells and platelets)
- White blood cells
- Platelets and coagulation
- bleeding and coagulation disorders
- recurrent thrombosis
Common tests used in the investigation of haematological problems include:
Treatments include:
- Medication
- Blood transfusion (for anemia)
- Venesection (for iron overload or polycythemia)
- Bone marrow transplant (e.g. for leukemia)
- Chemotherapy (e.g. for leukemia)
- Radiotherapy (in decline, e.g. for leukemia)
| Health science - Medicine |
| Anesthesiology - Dermatology - Emergency Medicine - General practice - Intensive care medicine - Internal medicine - Neurology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Pediatrics - Podiatry - Public Health & Occupational Medicine - Psychiatry - Radiology - Surgery |
| Branches of Internal medicine |
| Cardiology - Endocrinology - Gastroenterology - Hematology - Infectious diseases - Nephrology - Oncology - Pulmonology - Rheumatology |
| Branches of Surgery |
| General surgery - Cardiothoracic surgery - Neurosurgery - Ophthalmology - Orthopedic surgery - Otolaryngology (ENT) - Pediatric surgery - Plastic surgery - Podiatric surgery - Urology - Vascular surgery |
| Health science - Medicine - Hematology |
| Hematological malignancy and White blood cells |
| Leukemia (ALL, AML, CLL, CML) - Lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease, NHL) - Multiple myeloma - MDS - Myelofibrosis - Myeloproliferative disease (Essential thrombocytosis, Polycythemia) - Neutropenia |
| Red blood cells |
| Anemia - Hemochromatosis - Sickle-cell anemia - Thalassemia - G6PD - other hemoglobinopathies |
| Coagulation and Platelets |
| Thrombosis - Deep venous thrombosis - Pulmonary embolism - Hemophilia - ITP - TTP |
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