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Lara Roberts
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Haematologist interested in venous thrombosis and acquired bleeding. King's College Hospital, London.
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Up to a third of older people who fall are taking prescribed anticoagulants at the time of the incident.

This article provides guidance on imaging decisions and anticoagulation management in suspected and confirmed traumatic brain injury
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An older person on stairs
June 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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jthjournal.bsky.social
What are the barriers to recruitment and participation in RCTs evaluating postpartum thromboprophylaxis? This qualitative study reveals trust in providers, altruism, and risk perception as key motivators and barriers. Important insights for future trial design.
www.jthjournal.org/article/S153...
June 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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kingscollegenhs.bsky.social
🩸 We're supporting #NHSBloodDonation this #NationalBloodWeek.

A million regular donors are needed to meet demand and help patients in need. If you're the giving type, make it count by becoming a lifesaving blood donor.

Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/3RxPf8N

#NationalBloodWeek25 #GiveBlood
National Blood Week graphic. 9 to 15 June 2025. Thank you for saving lives.
June 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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rpth.bsky.social
New review discusses underutilization of effective agents for hematologic care.

The team, including @heme-fan.bsky.social and @gbarnesmd.bsky.social recommend addressing this knowledge gap with better patient education resources!

www.rpthjournal.org/article/S247...
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June 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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@emanhassan.bsky.social
Congratulations!
rpth.bsky.social RPTH @rpth.bsky.social · May 30
When thrombocytopenia does not always mean ITP - this study highlights the role of genetic testing in identifying inherited thrombocytopenia.

Check out this Research Letter from Emam Hassan
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#thrombocytopenia #platelets #bleeding
May 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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eugenefanbw.bsky.social
📢 New in Lancet Haematology!

Our commentary explores how machine learning can personalise blood donation by predicting ferritin recovery—not just haemoglobin. Towards safer, iron-aware donation practices.
doi.org/10.1016/S235...
#Haematology #BloodDonation #DigitalHealth
May 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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thrombosisuk.bsky.social
Have you had a blood clot and would like to get involved with research? Take a look at our news update - lots of opportunities seeking your voice conta.cc/4dLqMa2
May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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thrombosisdr.bsky.social
Interested in pregnancy-associated VTE? Do you use the RCOG GTG 37a? Here's a commentary @bjog.bsky.social from the guideline update committee. doi.org/10.1111/1471... @isth.org @bhwords.bsky.social @profmakris.bsky.social @middeldorps.bsky.social @fniainle.bsky.social @laranroberts1.bsky.social
OBGYN
Between 2020 and 2022 in the United Kingdom (UK), there were 45 maternal deaths from venous thromboembolism (VTE), out of more than 2 million maternities. This occurred despite extensive risk assessm...
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May 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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janhartmannmd.bsky.social
Excellent review. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Factor XI inhibitors for the prevention and treatment of venous and arterial thromboembolism - Nature Reviews Cardiology
Inhibition of factor XI has emerged as a promising strategy to mitigate bleeding while potentially preserving antithrombotic efficacy. In this Review, the authors comprehensively discuss the rationale...
www.nature.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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isth.org
👥 Meet the future of thrombosis and hemostasis research. In "Leading from the Start", we highlight the pivotal role of the ISTH SSC and its Early Career Co-Chairs—emerging leaders who are already making a global impact.

Read more here: bit.ly/3XOmNCI
April 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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rpth.bsky.social
Congratulations to the 2025 Editor’s Awards Recipients! We invite the community to read and share their important contributions ⬇️
isth.org International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis @isth.org · Mar 31
Congratulations to the 2025 @rpth.bsky.social Editor’s Awards Winners! 🏆

These awards recognize outstanding contributions from early career researchers whose work demonstrates excellence and impact. Join us in celebrating this year’s honorees!

📖 Read more: bit.ly/4lbc7bk #Thrombosis #Hemostasis
March 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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marccarriermd.bsky.social
Prof. @isabellemahe.bsky.social presents API-CAT at @accintouch.bsky.social published in @nejm.org: Extended anticoagulation with reduced-dose apixaban is noninferior to full-dose for preventing recurrent VTE, with less clinically relevant bleeding 🩸in cancer patients
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
March 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:

Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
March 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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isth.org
📢 @jthjournal.bsky.social is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 JTH Editors’ Awards!

These prestigious awards honor six outstanding early career investigators for their top articles in thrombosis and hemostasis. Join us in congratulating the winners🎉 and learn more here: bit.ly/4lc2pFR
March 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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virginiahdezgea.bsky.social
If you are interested in vascular liver diseases , you are definitively interested in joining this COST Action!
March 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
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March 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Very sad. So many good doctors driven to either leaving the NHS or taking their own lives.
janinegibson.ft.com Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · Mar 15
This is a fiercely sad and damning piece about the reality of one of our most admired professions. What a terrible fate for a dedicated man www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
The lonely death of Dr Jagdip Sidhu
He was a rising star of the NHS. Could his work have contributed to his death?
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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marccarriermd.bsky.social
The Repeat Study addressed a really important knowledge gap!
The incidence of recurrent events following an ante- or postpartum VTE is 2.4% person-years. The cumulative risks are 6%, 13%, 17%, and 30% at 2, 5, 10, and 30 years respectively
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High risk of long-term recurrence after a first episode of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy or postpartum: the REcurrence after a PrEgnAncy related Thrombosis (REPEAT) Study
The long-term recurrence risk after a pregnancy-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) is sparsely assessed.
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March 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can... obvs right?
Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
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March 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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rpth.bsky.social
Read this State of The Art review on transfusion therapy in trauma first presented at the @isth.org 2024 Congress:

Transfusion in trauma: empiric or guided therapy?

Full paper here: www.rpthjournal.org/article/S2475-0379(24)00358-3/fulltext
Transfusion in trauma: empiric or guided therapy?
A state of the art lecture titled “Transfusion therapy in trauma—what to give? Empiric vs guided” was presented at the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Congress in 2024. Uncontrolle...
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February 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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jksteinberger.bsky.social
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.

TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
NO CHATGPT Or other artificial stupidity: motivation First, clarity on distinguishing AIs: Non-generative: grammar aid, translation, dictionary, text-to-audio (e.g. Natural Reader): no problem As long as you use the appropriate tools (least intensive in data and server energy use). Why? Because you provide the content. Your brain is doing the most important work Generative: ChatGPT & Co. You only supply the prompt, the AI supplies the content. Why is this delegation of work problematic? 3 domains: ethical, environmental, intellectual engagement. (Caveat: generative is probably ok for computer programming, where it can be useful and save time. Not relevant to this class.) 1) AI and ethics Mass theft of all and everything «learning» on books, articles, blogs, social media, images, music, cultural production, without permission of authors/creators, and leading to their mass joblessness. Profits are not reditributed to originators. Permanent destruction of the mental health of underpaid precarious tech workers in the Global South (Kenya, Philippines …): «correction» to avoid production of violent and pedophile contents etc, tech workers are obliged to watch and correct super violent contents for days on end, leading to extreme psychological suffering and trauma, from which recovery is doubtful. No or little compensation (certainly not at the level of the suffering inflicted). In short, an industry built on theft of real human creation and sacrifice of real human health, profiting a few megafortunes. 2) AI and (un)sustainability Massive consumption of electricity, water, server capacity for generative AI. Outcome: keep fossil fuel companies in business, using up new renewable capacity, without any satisfaction of basic human needs. Massive misappropriation of the finance necessary for climate and ecological action (renewable generation, efficiency and retrofit for buildings, public transit, infrastructures for cycling etc) towards AI industry. Overall: undermine climate action, reinforce fossil industry, waste resources necessary for human development. 3) AI and intellectual engagement First, what learning is (or should be) about: The goal should not (only) be the reproduction of «correct» knowledge, But mainly personal engagement and experience of thinking about topics of interest. Personal engagement = using one’s own brain. The most important activity for learning and intellectual engagement is the experience of making one’s own mistakes, by trial and error, corrections based on new ideas, starting over again. Learning to recognise nuances, knowledge gaps, better explanations This kind of learning is possible only through using your own brain, not AI. Also, Ais are not «intelligent». At all. They simply reproduce pre-existing patterns. They «bullshit», invent false references, false facts, false data, simply because those sound plausible. VERY DANGEROUS. If you learn how to NOT use AI, and how to research facts and data on your own, this will serve you and your communities for the rest of your life.
February 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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middeldorps.bsky.social
Large international multicenter cohort study showing that DOACs are a good option to treat cerebral venous thrombosis. Kudos to @jonathancoutinho20.bsky.social and team for pulling this off!
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February 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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@nytimes.com positions let go
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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marccarriermd.bsky.social
Did you know? Around 50% of patients with acute CAT in your practice do not meet the inclusion criteria of the RCTs. Listen to the podcast with @gbarnesmd.bsky.social about recent trials taking a more pragmatic approach.
www.medthority.com/medical-educ...
Podcast series: 'Thrombosis in conversation'
Podcast series with thrombosis experts
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February 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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liangrhea.bsky.social
If you're looking for #PsychologicalSafety in academia, this is how it's done- 👏👏👏 to Bond University medical program for recognising effort as much as achievement with awards like the 'Sorry, Try Again Award'. 11 rejections, woohoo! 🤣❤️
Congratulations to all runners-up and winners of the Medical Program Research Awards for 2024! ◦ Riding.high award: Most citations gained during the 12-month period presented to Cindy Jones • It was noticed award: Highest-cited paper in the period presented to Christian Moro and Allan Stirling The wind beneath their wings award: Support of research presented to Dena Bird and Krystie Teasdale ◦ Starting_on a high award: Early-career publication award presented to Jacob Thorstensen and Charlotte Phelps orry, try_again award: Highest number of rejections on a single manuscript presented to Amy Bannatyne et al. 11 rejections (accepted on the 12th) • Broken dreams award: Biggest grant failure award / highest value of rejected grant application presented to Paul Dunn . Show me the money_award: Lowest-value successful grant presented to Joan Roehl ◦ Almost there award: The longest HDR supervision award presented to Michell McLean et al. (9.5 years!) • They don't get me award: Most boring title on a submission presented to Tanisha Jowsey et al. Headline Hero award: Most creative title on a submission presented to the Internal evaluation paper team: Sujani Gamage, Tanisha Jowsey, Jo Bishop, Melanie Forbes, Lucy Grant, Trish Green, Helen Houghton, Matthew Links, Mark Morgan, Joan Roehl & Jessica Stokes-Parish. • Look at me award: Medical Influencer presented to Mark Morgan and Jessica Stokes-Parish • We_did it supervision award: Most HDR student completions in the period presented to Christian Moro and Tanisha Jowsey Picture of the award winners holding their award certificates.
February 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM