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Blood, Bytes, and Beyond
Insights on Blood Banking, Clinical Informatics, and Medical Education
About
My name is Caitlin Raymond
I'm a hybrid of training in Family Medicine and Pathology, currently focusing on Transfusion Medicine. I write about the blood bank, clinical informatics, and the process of medical education.
Bullet Learning: Anaplastic Large T-Cell Lymphoma
50yoM with controlled HIV presented with slowly enlarging inguinal lymphadenopathy over the last 9 months. Flow cytometry and lymph node...
Jan 201 min read
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Understanding Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Case Based Approach
Case Introduction A 27-year-old man presents with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). CGD is a collection of inherited immune...
Jan 118 min read
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CAR-T Cell Therapy: Beyond Hematological Cancer
Introduction CAR-T cell therapy has revolutionized the treatment of hematological cancers by harnessing the power of the immune system to...
Jan 66 min read
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Making Research Accessible in GME
In 2021 I co-founded the Society for Innovation and Research (SIR) while in my clinical pathology residency. Our goal was to promote and...
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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Bad Blood? Challenging Superstitions in Medicine
Galveston, Texas is a picturesque city located on an island in the Gulf of Mexico. The sandy beaches and warm waters have long attracted...
Mar 17, 20243 min read
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Sequencing Today and Tomorrow: Big Data Arrives in Genomics
In this post we’re going to talk about sequencing and genomics, and I hope it’s as educational for you as it was for me.  Let’s start by...
Nov 23, 20237 min read
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Instrument Scavenger Hunt
Over the past six months I've gone on a scavenger hunt for all the instruments in our clinical pathology divisions. I combined all my...
Nov 23, 20231 min read
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Has Corporatization Sucked the Joy from Science?
I’ve seen a recent opinion on social media amongst medical trainees that research is boring, something done only to check the boxes to...
Nov 23, 20233 min read
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Is Hemolysis Guaranteed? A Case Based Discussion
An octogenarian woman with past medical history of coronary artery disease on aspirin and Plavix presents from an assisted living...
Nov 22, 20234 min read
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Past, Present, and Future of Donor Iron Deficiency
Donating blood is an essential community service that saves lives. Because donors are healthy volunteers, several safety precautions are...
Nov 22, 20234 min read
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Bullet Learning: Duffy Antigens
Last year I had a patient with anti-Fya, Fyb, and Fy3 antibodies. Don’t know what that means? Let’s learn together in this bullet...
Nov 21, 20231 min read
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Bullet Learning: Castleman's Disease
Unclear on Castleman's? Let's learn together in this bullet learning entry. A rare entity with unknown etiology, Castleman’s Disease (CD)...
Nov 21, 20231 min read
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