Topic: Kids - Complete Bloody Chaos! (Pediatric CBC)

Presented by

Dr. Eileen McBride

Canadian Blood Services, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

Learning objectives

1. Identify 3 pitfalls of reference ranges in children
2. Describe the most common CBC abnormalities in children
3. Outline an approach to anemia in a child
4. List differential diagnoses for thrombocytopenia in children

Additional Resources:

Hemostatic and thrombotic disorders in the pediatric patient

Inherited bone marrow failure in the pediatric patient

An update on pediatric ITP: differentiating primary ITP, IPD, and PID

Introduction to a review series on pediatric hematology

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