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- Alpha Thalassemia
- Anemia
- Beta Thalassemia (Cooley's Anemia)
- Bleeding Disorders
- Blood Disorders
- Blood Donations and Blood Banking
- Hematology and Blood Disorders: Overview and Resources
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Hemophilia
- Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Megaloblastic (Pernicious) Anemia
- Thalassemia
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Hematology (Blood Disorders)
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Treatment for blood disorders, including transfusions, infusions and immunizations, is generally administered in the outpatient unit. Specialized treatment modalities include:
- Cell transfusions
- red blood cell
- platelets
- granulocytes
- stem cells
- Antibody infusions
- intravenous gamma globulin
- anti Rho antibody (WinRho)
- Rituximab
- CMV immune globulin
- plasma
- Apheresis
- plasma apheresis
- red cell apheresis
- leukopheresis
- Iron chelation therapy
- desferoximine
- deferrisirox
- SQUID diagnostics
- MRI diagnostics
- Hematopoietic growth factors
- G-CSF
- GM-CSF
- erythropoietin
- novel erythroid simulating protein
- interleukin-11
- Immunosuppressive medications
- antithymocyte globulin
- dacluzimab
- denileukin diftitox
- alemtuzamab
- cyclosporin
- tacrolimus
- mycophenolate mofetil
- sirolimus
- infliximab
- etanercept
- vincristine
- cyclophosphamide
- azathioprine
- pentostatin
- corticosteroids
- others
- Stem cell transplantation (see Blood and Marrow Transplantation program)
- Clotting factor replacement
- recombinant factor VIII
- recombinant factor IX
- recombinant factor VII
- fresh frozen plasma
- cryprecipitate
- activated factor complexes
- Anticoagulation and thrombolysis
- low molecular weight heparin
- unfractionated heparin
- antithrombin III
- urokinase
- tissue plasminogen activator
- other anticoagulants and thrombolytics
- Other specialized therapies
- hydroxyurea
- gamma interferon
- folic acid
- vitamin B-12
- vitamin K
- parenteral iron therapy
- 5-azacytidine
- pain management
- psychosocial support
- other specialized therapies
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