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Brian D. Adkins

@path-brian.bsky.social

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Asst. Prof. Pathology, UTSW Pathology. Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine. Tweets ≠ medical advice. I put in work and it’s all for the kids. (He/Him)

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

How are you diagnosing and treating mixed AIHA? pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Y'all - I'm sorry - I've been busy

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

What's you favorite food/enzyme combination for the blood bank? Papain/Papaya Ficin/Figs Bromelin/Pineapple

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Happy Black History Month! True story - I grew up in Huntington, WV, the same place where Carter G. Woodson - the father of Black History Month - spent some of his formative years. CGW was an academic and historian who sought to tell the stories of all Americans.

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Xeno comes from the Greek for foreigner Although not used in humans today xenotransfusion represents a medical procedure (or misadventure), that led to modern blood banking.

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Found the review article from the MGK/Jelly Roll music video pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Do you use a pitted RBC count? -RBCs w/ vacuoles give cells a pitted appearance -Pitted RBCs typically removed by splenic macropahges -Count used to assess splenic function -Performed w/ differential interference contrast microscope (Nomarski) -Interest in automating process tinyurl.com/5ezhcfu9

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Happiest of holidinosaurs!

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Are we talking turkey… hematology? - Unlike humans, turkey RBCs are nucleated - Heterophils (bird neutrophils for birds) tend to increase as a stress response – otherwise lymphocytes rule the differential roost - The PT for turkeys is prolonged relative to human (around 17 sec) (1/3)

Peripheral smear of turkey blood specimen demonstrating an infected white blood cell.

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The definitive thanksgiving song

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

What is May-Thurner syndrome? - left common iliac vein compression by right common iliac artery - causes DVT - More common in women - Patients often require thrombolysis, anticoagulation, and or vascular intervention

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Brian D. Adkins @path-brian.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Which vector-borne diseases are screened for in the blood supply?

https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=27674

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