Pediatric Hematology

1. Normal hemopoiesis and the physiology of blood; 2. The coagulation system; 3. Common laboratory tests used in hematology and how to interpret them; 4. Reference ranges in children; Clinical scenario 1. The child with newly presenting acute leukemia; 5. Neonatal anemia; 6. Neonatal abnormal myelopoiesis and the hematology of Down syndrome; 7. Neonatal thrombocytopenia; 8. Neonatal bleeding disorders; Clinical scenario 2. Hyperleucocytosis; 9. Neonatal thrombotic disorders; 10. Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes; 11. Acquired bone marrow failure syndromes: aplastic anemia; 12. Sideroblastic anemia; Clinical scenario 3. Management of the child with a mediastinal mass; 13. Iron deficiency; 14. Disorders of vitamin B12 and folate; 15. Hemolytic anemia; 16. Infections in hematology patients and the hematological features of infectious disease; Clinical scenario 4. The approach to the neutropenic child with fever; 17. Sickle cell disease; 18. Thalassemia; 19. Neutropenia; 20. Neutrophil function disorders; Clinical scenario 5. The approach to the child with pancytopenia; 21. Inherited thrombocytopenia; 22. Acquired thrombocytopenia and immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP); 23. Immune deficiency; 24. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and other non-malignant histiocytic disorders; Clinical scenario 6. Does this child have lymphoma?; 25. Osteopetrosis; 26. Hemophilia; 27. Congential and acquired von Willebrand disease; 28. Rare inherited bleeding disorders; Clinical scenario 7. Diamond-Blackfan anemia, transient erythroblastopenia or other cause of red cell aplasia in children; 29. Acquired bleeding disorders; 30. Venous thrombosis in children; 31. Arterial thrombosis in children; 32. Stroke in children; Clinical scenario 8. Approach to evaluation for a bleeding disorder in a child with suspected non-accidental injury (NAI); 33. Anticoagulation in children; 34. Blood transfusion indications and safe use in children; 35. Adverse reactions to blood products and