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So I spent a day in hemepath yesterday and it was really interesting. It was different than I had expected - so much counting.
One thing that puzzled me, though, was that I would see final pathology reports in the patient's chart that would say "correlation with cytogenetics is recommended". My understanding is that the report was asking the clinician to order cytogenetics. The hematopathologist ordered about a dozens immunos, but apparently couldn't or didn't want to order cytogenetic studies without the clinicians approval. Is this the general practice?
Also - seriously? Counting those bone marrows is ridiculous. How long does it take an attending to do that? It took The med 4 who was rotating 2-3 hours per case, just to count.
One thing that puzzled me, though, was that I would see final pathology reports in the patient's chart that would say "correlation with cytogenetics is recommended". My understanding is that the report was asking the clinician to order cytogenetics. The hematopathologist ordered about a dozens immunos, but apparently couldn't or didn't want to order cytogenetic studies without the clinicians approval. Is this the general practice?
Also - seriously? Counting those bone marrows is ridiculous. How long does it take an attending to do that? It took The med 4 who was rotating 2-3 hours per case, just to count.