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Introduction to Haematology care Monday 14th March 2022

 

 

This study day will cover all aspects of caring for the haematology patient. It aims to provide a basic knowledge of the haematological malignancies and the complications that can occur when caring for them.

Intended Audience:

Newly qualified HCP’s, new to haematology or those wanting a refresher on basic knowledge. Also open to all nurses, and health care professionals working with haematology patients

Topics Covered:

  • Haematopoesis & Basic Immunology
  • Diagnosing Haematological Malignancies
  • Disease group sessions- Acute Leukaemia, Myeloma, Lymphoma
  • Acute toxicities
  • Stem cell transplant
  • Challenging conversations in early diagnosis
  • What happens when things go wrong?

For more information and to book a ticket click here

In conjunction with the study day, we have compiled some introductory resources around haematology. Many links will ask you to log in with OpenAthens to access the full resource, if you have trouble accessing any of the resources, please get in touch with your Trust library.

 

Useful Websites

Home | British Society for Haematology (b-s-h.org.uk)

Leukaemia | Leukaemia UK

Home – A Closer Look at Stem Cells

What is blood cancer? | Blood Cancer UK

 

Recent Publications – log in with OpenAthens

 

Malignant haematology 2021: impact of recent advances on the diagnostic laboratory.

Talaulikar, D. (2021) Pathology, 53(3), pp. 297–299.

Nursing in patients with hematological malignancies

Geres, H. and Kotchetkov, R. (2020) International Journal of Hematologic Oncology, 9(1).

Systematic review of nutrition support interventions in adult haematology and oncology patients receiving CAR T cell therapy.

Cucchiaro, B. and Weekes, C. E. (2021) Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 46(2021), pp. 60–65.

A comprehensive approach to therapy of haematological malignancies in older patients

Cordoba, R. et al. (2021) The Lancet Haematology, 8(11), pp. e840–e852.

 

Recommended Articles

Palliative care specialists’ perceptions concerning referral of haematology patients to their services: Findings from a qualitative study

McCaughan, D. et al. (2018) BMC Palliative Care, 17(1), pp. 1–11. doi: 10.1186/s12904-018-0289-1.

 Bloodstream infections in neutropenic patients with haematological malignancies.

Carvalho, A. S. et al. (2020) Infection, Disease and Health, 25(1), pp. 22–29.

Hospital end-of-life care in haematological malignancies’, BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Beaussant, Y. et al. (2018) ‘, 8(3), pp. 314–324. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001446.

 

Articles in the Christie Repository

The value of rehabilitation interventions to address the needs of teenage and young adult oncology patients post haematology transplant. (Mackland, Anna; Chesman, Nicola 2019)

COVID-19 in children with haematological malignancies (Millen at al, 2021)

The management of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma: a British Society for Haematology Good Practice paper (Cwynarski et al, 2019)

Guideline for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: a British Society for Haematology guideline (Schuh et al, 2018)

Relevant NICE Guidance & Quality Standards

Haematological cancers: improving outcomes [NG47] Published date: May 2016

Haematological cancers [QS150] Published date: June 2017

Haematological cancers – recognition and referral. Last revised in February 2021

 

Books available from the Christie Library

eBooks

Oxford handbook of clinical haematology (2015)

 

Atlas of comparative diagnostic and experimental hematology  (Smith,2011) [Browns VLE ebook]

 

Essential haematology (2011) [Kortext eBook]

 

 

Haematology at a glance (Mehta, 2014)  

 

 Dacie and Lewis practical haematology (Bain et al, 2016) [BrownsVLE ebook] 

 

Electronic Journals

Hematology

Hematology Clinics of North America

Blood

Bone Marrow Transplantation

British Journal of Haematology

European Journal of Haematology