Charles Milrod, MD@CharlesMilrod
Nov 21, 2022
7 tweets
Triage is life-and-death responsibility!
First step? Recognize the emergency.
5 threads on blood cancer emergencies (and how to treat them)
Acute promyelocytic leukemia
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1/5Charles Milrod, MD@CharlesMilrod
Oct 19 22
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Picture this:
A young woman presents with gum bleeding, and you find this on your evaluation.
Why (and how) is this an emergency? 
A #tweetorial 
1/6
on your evaluation.
Why (and how) is this an emergency?
A #tweetorial 1/6 
Leukostasis
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2/5Charles Milrod, MD@CharlesMilrod
Oct 26 22
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Picture this:
A young man presents with a WBC of 100k, and you find this on your evaluation.
Why (and how) is this an emergency?
A #tweetorial 1/6
on your evaluation.
Why (and how) is this an emergency?
A #tweetorial 1/6 
Spinal cord compression
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3/5Charles Milrod, MD@CharlesMilrod
Nov 02 22
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Picture this:
A patient presents with leg weakness, and you find this on your evaluation.
Why (and how) is this an emergency?
A #tweetorial 1/6
on your evaluation.
Why (and how) is this an emergency?
A #tweetorial 1/6 
Tumor lysis syndrome
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4/5Charles Milrod, MD@CharlesMilrod
Nov 10 22
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Picture this:
A patient presents with palpitations, and you find this on your evaluation.
Why (and how) is this an emergency?
A #tweetorial 1/7
on your evaluation.
Why (and how) is this an emergency?
A #tweetorial 1/7 
SVC syndrome
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5/endCharles Milrod, MD@CharlesMilrod
Nov 16 22
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Picture this:
A patient is found unconscious at home, and you find this on your evaluation.
Why (and how) is this an emergency?
1/8
on your evaluation.
Why (and how) is this an emergency?
1/8 
Thanks for sticking around- I hope we all learned something new!
Thank you to the experts for engaging along the way 
@Peter Barth MD @Tom Ollila @Adam Olszewski MD @Tony Breu @๐ก๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ @Nick Mark MD @Rabih Geha @Zaven Sargsyan @Andrew Sanchez M.D. @Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP @J Mark Sloan @JessicaFRx
@Peter Barth MD @Tom Ollila @Adam Olszewski MD @Tony Breu @๐ก๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ @Nick Mark MD @Rabih Geha @Zaven Sargsyan @Andrew Sanchez M.D. @Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP @J Mark Sloan @JessicaFRx
Charles Milrod, MD
@CharlesMilrod
Hematology/oncology fellow @BrownUniversity ๐ป | Aspiring hematologist ๐งฌ | Interested in blood cancers, immunotherapy, and coffee ๐ค
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