Haematology & Lab Medicine

Laboratory diagnosis of haemolytic anaemias

Anaemia of chronic disease; red cell parameters

Iron metabolism; lab approach to microcytic hypochromic anemia

Role of hepcidin in iron metabolism

Interpretation of serum iron profile

Diagnostic workup of paediatric microcytic anemia

Iron chelators

Sideroblastic anemia

Neonatal anemia

DD of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

Molecular pathogenesis of thalassemia

Disorders of globin chain; lab diagnosis of thalassemia

Clinical syndromes of beta thalassemia

Alpha thalassemia

Hb H disease

Pathobiology of sickle cell disease

Laboratory diagnosis of sickle cell anemia

Clinical importance of fetal haemoglobin / HbF

Recombinant hemoglobin

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria

Tests for hemoglobinuria

G6PD deficiency / clinical types

Pathogenesis & lab diagnosis of HDN

Transfusion practice in AIHA

Role of HPLC in hemolytic anemias

Hemolytic uremic syndrome

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Bone marrow failure syndromes; aplastic anemia

Erythroid dysplasia & congenital dyserythropoietic anemia

Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia

Fanconi anemia

Pure red cell aplasia

Pathology of refractory cytopenia

Regulation of erythropoiesis

Classification & lab diagnosis of MDS

Lab diagnosis of MDS

WHO classification of MDS

CMPD classification; PMF pathogenesis & lab diagnosis

WHO classification & molecular pathogenesis of MPN

Molecular diagnosis of MPDs

Polycythemia vera

Primary myelofibrosis

JAK2 mutation

bcr-abl / Philadelphia chromosome

Childhood leukemias; lab approach

WHO classification of AML; molecular markers

Prognostic factors in acute leukemia

Prognostic markers in ALL

Lab diagnosis of Burkitt-type ALL

Measurable / minimal residual disease

Flow cytometry in acute leukemia diagnosis

Molecular biology / lab diagnosis of APL

Cytogenetic abnormalities in AML

Tyrosine kinase mutations in leukemias

Detection & DD of Hematogones

Staging of CLL

Role of flow cytometry in CLPDs

Hairy cell leukemia

Prolymphocytic leukemia

Sezary syndrome

Richter syndrome

HIV related lymphoid proliferations

Peripheral T cell and NK cell neoplasms

Molecular pathogenesis & lab diagnosis of multiple myeloma

Classify plasma cell dyscrasias; lab diagnosis of MM

Lab approach to plasma cell dyscrasias

MGUS

Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia

Paraproteinemia

Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Hemophagocytic syndrome

Mast cell in health and disease

Blood basophil count and basophilia

Lab approach to marked eosinophilia

Hematological abnormalities in monosomy-7 syndrome

Myeloid proliferations in Down syndrome

Immunodeficiency in children

Lab tests in bleeding disorders

FDP in bleeding disorders

Acquired coagulation disorders & DIC

vWD classification & inherited platelet dysfunction

Lab diagnosis of DIC

von Willebrand disease

Acquired hemophilia

Carrier detection of hemophilia A

Inhibitors in congenital coagulation disorders

Qualitative platelet disorders

Bernard Soulier syndrome

Grey platelet syndrome

Platelet function tests

Pregnancy related coagulation disorders

Lab approach to thrombotic disorders

Quality control in coagulation lab

International normalized ratio (INR)

Lab approach to prolonged APTT

Mixing studies in coagulation disorders

Lab tests for lupus anticoagulants

Antiphospholipid syndrome

Activated Protein-C resistance

Principles of automated coagulation machines

Blood component preparation & uses

Classify transfusion reactions; investigation

Antibody screening in blood banking

Quality assurance in blood banking

Cryoprecipitate – preparation and indications

Irradiation of blood products

Platelet transfusion / SDP

TRALI

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

Transfusion practices in neonatology

Autologous blood transfusion

Problems in blood grouping

Coombs test

Apheresis / plasmapheresis

Blood substitutes and uses

Allogenic stem cell transplantation

Cord blood transplantation

Haematopoietic growth factors

Flow cytometry — principles & applications

Automated cell counters

HPLC in hematological disorders

ESR — technique & factors

Westgard rules in hematology

LJ chart

Applications of FISH

Karyotyping

Automated reticulocyte parameters

Applications of RBC indices

Platelet indices

Leuco-erythroblastic reaction

QC & QA in hematology / clinical lab

Biomedical waste management

Microalbuminuria detection

Automation in urinalysis

Urine analysis in CKD

Urine sediment examination

Principles of strip test in urine

Protein estimation in urine

Haematologic manifestations of renal disease

Approach to male infertility

Semen analysis

CSF examination; DD of pleocytosis

CSF analysis in microbial infections

Microscopy of synovial fluid

Amniotic fluid analysis

Newer methods of monitoring DM

GTT and interpretation

Lactate dehydrogenase

Haematologic changes in pregnancy

Bone marrow findings in HIV

Haematologic changes after splenectomy

Lab diagnosis of Niemann-Pick disease

Chediak-Higashi syndrome

Role of viruses in hematologic disorders

Lab diagnosis of malaria