by Joe Chaffin | Sep 29, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
So, your patient needs a transfusion. Is it ok to reflexively order premedication to prevent transfusion reactions? Dr. Heidi Shafi explains why it might not help, and could potentially hurt! Dr. Heidi Shafi from Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles joins Dr. Chaffin to...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 2, 2022 | BBGuy Podcast, Continuing Education, Special Topic, Transfusion Practice |
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! Thalassemia may be too easy to overlook for those in the U.S., but it is an enormous global problem! When most United States-based healthcare providers think of a hemoglobinopathy, sickle cell disease is the first to...
by Joe Chaffin | May 13, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Cardiac surgery can be scary for blood banks! A busy cardiac surgeon pulls back the curtain on what is really happening in the OR for your ears only. Most blood bankers will tell you that cardiac surgery can lead to some of the most intense interactions between a...
by Joe Chaffin | Nov 20, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Platelet transfusion decisions are too important to be made by looking at just one number. Joe Sweeney wants to show you a better way! NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Far too many platelet transfusion decisions...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Kleihauer-Betke Test A somewhat crude laboratory test used to screen maternal blood samples for the presence of fetal red blood cells. The “K-B” test, as it is known, takes advantage of the fact that baby RBCs are generally rich in hemoglobin F,...
