074CE: Radioactive! with Chris Tormey
Transfusion-associated Graft-versus-Host Disease (TA-GVHD) is a notoriously deadly but thankfully rare transfusion complication. Blood banks have used irradiation of cellular blood products for decade...
31 Jul 201958min
073: Implementing Trauma Whole Blood with David Oh and Mike Goodman
More and more trauma surgeons are asking their hospitals when they can get low-titer, cold-stored, group O whole blood ("trauma whole blood"). This product, discussed in depth in episode 040CE, is one...
10 Jul 201957min
072CE: Neonatal Platelet Transfusion with Martha Sola-Visner
For decades, neonates (especially in the United States) have been given platelet transfusions at considerably higher platelet counts than thresholds used in adults. New data suggests, however, that "l...
26 Jun 201953min
071: NEW Therapeutic Apheresis Guidelines with Nancy Dunbar
This month, the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) released a new version of their epic document called "Guidelines on the Use of Therapeutic Apheresis in Clinical Practice" in the Journal of Clini...
19 Jun 201943min
070CE: Preventing Alloantibodies in Sickle Cell Disease with Stella Chou
Alloimmunization after red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is a huge challenge in the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD). Even when donors and patients are "matched," anti-Rh antibodies in patients w...
5 Jun 201956min
069CE: Preventing TRALI with Beth Shaz
Over the past 15 years, Transfusion-related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) has caused in more deaths than any other complication. Since many cases are caused by antibodies in blood donors, blood collection...
22 Mai 201943min
068: Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery with Pierre Tibi
Most blood bankers will tell you that cardiac surgery can lead to some of the most intense interactions between a transfusion service and an operating room. Over the decades, we have seen wide variati...
13 Mai 201958min
067CE: Wiser Blood Management Choices with Carolyn Burns
It feels like everyone is talking about patient blood management. That's a GOOD thing, but does it really mean what they think it means? Dr. Carolyn Burns joins me to discuss "Five Things Patients and...
24 Apr 201952min
