BOF: Transfusion (Platelets)
A 25-year-old man with acute promyelocytic leukaemia in consolidation chemotherapy requires a platelet transfusion due to a platelet...
BOF: General (Paediatrics)
A 2 year old child with Diamond Blackfan anaemia (DBA) is to be started on a dose of 2mg/kg of prednisolone for an exacerbation of...
BOF: Malignant (Leukaemia)
Which ONE of the following chromosomal translocations is characteristically associated with chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML)? a)...
BOF: Clotting (Anticoagulation)
A 78 year old man presents with a troponin positive acute myocardial infarction without ECG criteria for primary angioplasty.. He is...
Transfusion (Transplantation)
Which ONE of the following statements regarding an ABO mismatched in myeloablative stem cell transplantation is correct? a) Does not...
EMQ: General (Haemoglobinopathy)
A. Haemoglobin C homozygote B. Haemoglobin Constant Spring C. Haemoglobin D compound heterozygote D. Haemoglobin E homozygote E....
BOF: Malignant (Multiple Myeloma)
Solitary plasmacytoma of bone is more common in males than females and is commonest in the axial skeleton. Which ONE of the following is...
BOF: Clotting (Laboratory Assays)
Which ONE of the following statements is true of the international normalised ratio (INR) and the International Sensitivity Index (ISI)?...
BOF: Laboratory & Research
Three randomised controlled trials of a new drug have shown non-inferiority in the treatment of idiopathic thrombocytic purpura (ITP). To...
BOF: General (Iron)
Which ONE of the following five statements regarding venesection for the treatment of hereditary haemochromatosis is MOST accurate: a)...
