Abstract
Pediatric hematology focuses on the diagnosis and management of disorders of the blood and blood-forming organs in infants, children, and adolescents. These include disorders in the number or function of platelets, erythrocytes (red blood cells), leukocytes (white blood cells), and coagulation factors, among others, that lead to abnormal bleeding, clotting, oxygen delivery, infectious predisposition, and other complications. Using pediatric board review questions and answers, this chapter reviews key concepts in nonmalignant hematology of interest to both general pediatricians and pediatric specialists. Specific topics include the evaluation and management of iron and other nutritional deficiency anemias, hemolytic anemias, hemoglobinopathies, bleeding disorders, immune-mediated cytopenias, bone marrow failure syndromes, platelet disorders, neutropenia and other leukocyte disorders, and transfusion reactions, among others.
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