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Nicole Relke

@NicoleRelke

QMed | IM @queensuim | Ex-@queenschief | @UofT hematology | Transfusion medicine fellow @CanadasLifeline🩸

 Toronto, ON
Joined August 2015
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CSTM@CanSocTransMedAug 6
Read the latest blog about the new Choosing Wisely Canada recommendations for transfusion medicine transfusion.ca/resources/blo… Lire le dernier blogue sur les nouvelles recommandations de Choisir avec soin pour la médecine transfusionnelle #cstmscmt #choosingwisely #transfusion
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Matt Burke@MattBurkeMDFeb 4
It is so painful to share the news of @FralickMike sudden and unexpected passing 💔 Mike was an amazing, inspiring and generous person who touched the lives of many. As we mourn, please share and consider supporting his wife and 2-year-old daughter. gofund.me/236771146
Donate to Michael Fralick, organized by Matthew Burke

Donate to Michael Fralick, organized by Matthew Burke

We are all shocked, heartbroken and still processing Dr. Michael Paul Figueroa Fralick's sudden and unex… Matthew Burke needs your support for Michael Fralick

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🙏Thank you @CityNewsTO @PTaneyCityNews for running this story & mentioning this petition! 👏 toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/…
Critics speak out against Canada's decision to end blood safety monitoring program

Critics speak out against Canada's decision to end blood safety monitoring program

A national blood contribution monitoring program, established after one of the country’s worst public health disasters, is soon coming to an end.

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Raza S@RazaSN29 Oct 2025
In the era of evidence-based medicine, why do the similar patient face different treatment strategies at hospitals in the same healthcare system? We analyzed patients at 24 hospitals to examine transfusion practice at teaching and non-teaching hospitals link.springer.com/article/10…
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🚨 Chapter Update🚨 Chapter 3: Albumin of the Clinical Guide to Transfusion has been updated. Read it now at profedu.blood.ca/en/transfus… @CanadasLifeline 🩸 #MedEd #TransfusionMedicine
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Raza S@RazaSN8 Apr 2025
Clinical guidelines do no good sitting on shelves In @AABB journal, co-authors and I argue that guidelines should come with an intentional plan for real-world uptake. We leverage concepts from #ImplementationScience to outline a process for doing so onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #ebm
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Not sure when to use albumin in the ICU? Check out our @accpchest commentary: mdedge.com/chestphysician/ar… @JeannieCallum @Bram_Rochwerg @m_hewitt18
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And that’s a wrap on hematology residency! 🩸 Thankful for this heme team (missing Ebaa) that I am lucky to call my future colleagues and friends
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Very good review on the diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency recently accepted by the @BrJHaem. Lots of practical information that anybody that prescribes iron will find useful. tinyurl.com/57ye3rse #iron #irondeficiency
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Raza S@RazaSN5 Oct 2023
Red cell antigens that determine your blood type (A+, B-, O, Kell...) are also proteins with important functions and fascinating clinical correlates Five examples of clinical associations with blood groups 🧵
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Jessie Peng@jesspeng321 Sep 2023
Kudos to @NicoleRelke @stefan_d_jevtic @sumedha_arya for leading @UofT_DoM hematology’s first journal club of the year, appraising the evidence behind the Patch-trauma study!
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Long weekend read courtesy of @margitangyal 🩸📖 350 years ago the first human received a blood transfusion… from a lamb 🐑
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Are you applying to Hematology this CaRMS cycle? Stay tuned for our Town Hall to find out about the amazing program we have at UofT 😊. Info will be sent to all applicants who applied through CaRMS!
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Replying to @GBarnesMD @bsamuelson_md @acweyand
Here is a website we developed for patients on how to take oral iron, and how to take oral tranexamic acid. The website improved per clinic adherence to these oral meds. hemequity.com/takecontrolper… For screening re heavy menstrual bleeding: letstalkperiod.ca - it’s amazing!

Take Control Period | Hemequity

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Thank you @GBarnesMD!! 💫❤️💫@NicoleRelke @NicholasJC95 @RPTHjournal
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Have your heard about tranexamic acid, but unsure of how it works or what the evidence is for women’s health? @sholzberg highlights this important drug. See this @RPTHjournal illustrated review for more details: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3427… #ISTH2023
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‼️SO EXCITED to share our work on developing a Duffy-null specific ANC reference range at @BrighamWomens out in @JAMA_current! 👇Please read, share, comment, and consider making these changes at your own institution! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Development of Duffy Null–Specific Absolute Neutrophil Count Reference Ranges

Development of Duffy Null–Specific Absolute Neutrophil Count Reference Ranges

This study establishes a Duffy null phenotype–specific absolute neutrophil count reference range to optimize care and improve health equity.

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Who knew @JeannieCallum is an @F1 fan?! Incredible talk "Delivering blood transfusions with pit-stop precision" 🩸
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1 Delivering Blood Transfusions with Pit-Stop Precision 2 The Long Journey of ICU Survivorship An evening of groundbreaking health sciences research with stories from #QHS Cinq à Sept #ResearchTalks ➡️ bit.ly/40Fg7Wm Sponsored by @cityofkingston
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A sampling of the future of Canadian Transfusion Medicine at CSTM2023 @hvandermeulen @sumedha_arya @NicoleRelke and Taylor Dear #cstm2023 – at Montréal, Québec
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RPTH@RPTHjournal26 Apr 2023
This #RPTH Brief Report describes thee management of 109 women with bleeding disorders and heavy menstrual bleeding. Satisfactory control occurred in only 68% of women! #womenbleedtoo @skuthial @NicoleRelke @WHopman @james_paulad @Julie_ScottGr bit.ly/43vwg2T
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Thank you @james_paulad @skuthiala1 @Julie_ScottGr @NicoleRelke and @WHopman for making this happen. What a beautiful way to acknowledge the amazing Dr. Mariana Silva. We miss her everyday but her presence lives on at @QueensPeds in so many ways. #LoveMyTeam
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