Brian D. Adkins
@path-brian.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. Pathology, UTSW Pathology. Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine. Tweets ≠ medical advice. I put in work and it’s all for the kids. (He/Him)
Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding After Refusal: A Sentinel Event in a Misinformation Era | Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics share.google/tcZSuJVcCxpL...
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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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...
Eliminating the Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose
This Viewpoint discusses transfusion safety among infants and children who rely on blood products following the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices rescinding its recommendation of newborn he...
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What's your fav way to diagnose iron deficiency anemia with just the CBC?
Is there anything better than listening to dads talk about the Godfather?
There is a market for barber shops that are only open on Sundays.
What's you favorite food/enzyme combination for the blood bank? Papain/Papaya Ficin/Figs Bromelin/Pineapple
Happy Black History Month! True story - I grew up in Huntington, WV, the same place where Carter G. Woodson - the father of Black History Month - spent some of his formative years. CGW was an academic and historian who sought to tell the stories of all Americans.
In my house MAHA still stands for microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.
Every once in a while when I am writing an email I will accidentally type "Thanos" instead of "Thanks" and I think about leaving it there.
RIP David Lynch - still won't watch a movie on my phone - thanks!
As good as I am at wordle, that's how bad I am at connections.
Xeno comes from the Greek for foreigner Although not used in humans today xenotransfusion represents a medical procedure (or misadventure), that led to modern blood banking.
My greatest accomplishment in 2024 was getting the antenna attached to my TV just in time to watch the ball drop for 2025.
Can someone on bluesky explain polyagglutination to me?
Our correspondence with @natureportfolio.bsky.social advocating that scholarly journals support direct link-sharing to #Bluesky amidst the exodus of academic communities from X (formerly Twitter) @drgsbooth1.bsky.social @jwjacobs12.bsky.social @path-brian.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Playing Oregon Trail: -Banker has most money -The further east you start = longer trip -Rivers are dangerous Shallow Rivers (Less than 2 feet deep): Ford Moderate Depth (2-4 feet deep): Caulk Deep Rivers (Over 4 feet deep): Ferry -Don't waste money on food. Just buy bullets for hunting
Do you use a pitted RBC count? -RBCs w/ vacuoles give cells a pitted appearance -Pitted RBCs typically removed by splenic macropahges -Count used to assess splenic function -Performed w/ differential interference contrast microscope (Nomarski) -Interest in automating process tinyurl.com/5ezhcfu9
