Protocols - Hemorio

PREFACE
We are proud to present the HEMORIO Book on Treatment Protocols. It is a brochure that aims to standardize the hematological
and hemotherapeutic assistance provided by HEMORIO.It may also be obtained at our website (www.hemorio.rj.gov.br).
Its first part is composed by items related to hematological diseases, their clinical monitoring, their diagnostic guidelines and the
therapeutic procedures in each stage of the disease. We begin with the hematological diseases of benign nature and then we
move on to oncohematological diseases. To conclude this Second Edition, several meetings, with a massive participation of the
teams involved with each infirmity, were held, having as main orientation the most recent scientific published works and the
national and international guidelines. It must be stressed that the valuable experience accumulated by the professionals of the
HEMORIO Technical Hematology Coordination, in treating almost 1,000 new cases a year, contributed decisively to the making of
this book.
The second part of this work corresponds to the Transfusion Protocols recommended by the HEMORIO Technical Hemotherapy
Coordination, Rio de Janeiro State's Hemocenter, composed by professionals of great notoriety in the National scenario, due to
their vast experience in the matter. In this First Edition we intend to address hemotherapeutic protocols for monitoring
hemopathies. In a next Edition we will address the hemotherapeutic procedures recommended for the remaining infirmities.
Finally, in the third section (supplements) we shortly describe topics we see as complimentary to the assistance provided for our
patients, as for instance diagnostic sorting, pain addressing, chemotherapeutic patients care, and iron chelation, to cite a few.
Vera Marra
HEMORIO Superintendency for Assistance