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University of Edinburgh undergraduate student Kalina Pateva shows us a Day in the Life of a student, and her favourite haunts around the city

All about these 'new' drugs - mechanism of action, how to use them and the potential problems.

How warfarin works, what it's used for, the complications, and what to do when patients bleed on warfarin.

An overview of heparin - when and how to use it, how to deal with complications such as bleeding and heparin induced thrombocytopenia.

Open day presentation for Earth Sciences.

An overview of the main inherited bleeding disorders, their causes and their treatment: Haemophilia A and B von Willebrand's Disease

Patient with absent or poorly functioning spleens are prone to particular infections. This video covers spleen structure and function causes of asplenia/hyposplenia main infective risks prevention…

This video uses cases to illustrate how full blood count interpretation happens in clinical practice. We look at examples of several conditions, and use the models from preceding videos to discuss;…

We recognise that understanding the differences between the blood cancers can be difficult. This video describes a way of thinking about these differences based on where the cancer is found. It…

This video covers: What lymphoma is How it comes to medical attention How we classify lymphoma Principles of treatment

This video summarises lymphoma. We look at: What lymphoma is How it is classified How it presents Principles of treatment

Insertion of central venous catheters is a common procedure in treatment of patients with hematological malignancies. These devices provide lifesaving vascular access but increases the risk of…

An increasingly difficult to treat infection that affects immunocompromised patients - here is a summary of the important features.

Many patients on chemotherapy suffer from fungal infections, particularly with Candida species. This video is about the clinical aspects.

This video covers specifics about different kinds of blood component including red cells, platelets and fresh frozen plasma.

Here we outline the different kinds of transfusion reaction. This is not comprehensive but includes the reactions that are most clinically relevant: Acute and delayed haemolytic transfusion…