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The availability of new drugs for malignant hematological conditions has allowed more patients to be eligible for allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplants, which has translated into a significant proportion of transplant patients having multiple risk factors for VOD\/SOS. Based on these considerations, we undertook a dedicated weekly VOD\/SOS ward round, aiming to facilitate early diagnosis of VOD\/SOS and pre-emptively identify patients at risk, where a careful evaluation of differential diagnosis is essential. Herein, we present the results of our VOD\/SOS ward round; between September 2020 and April 2022, 110 consecutive patients were evaluated in a focused VOD\/SOS ward round. From the 110 patients, 108 had undergone HSCT and had at least one known risk factor for developing VOD\/SOS. The median number of risk factors present in the VOD\/SOS group and non-VOD\/SOS group was five (range: three to six) and three (range: zero to seven), respectively. 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