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?
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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)
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).
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
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
COVID-19 in children with haematological malignancies (Millen at al, 2021)
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 Clinics of North America
British Journal of Haematology
European Journal of Haematology