by Joe Chaffin | Jun 29, 2022 | BBGuy Podcast, Continuing Education, Transfusion Practice |
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution (ANH) has a weird-sounding name, but it’s a totally logical way to reduce red cell transfusions. Steve Frank shows us why. Way back in the 1970’s, several bright groups of...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 22, 2016
Glossary Transfusion Medicine A field of medicine that is a hybrid of laboratory and clinical practices. Transfusion medicine physicians are pathologists, hematologists, anesthesiologists, and pediatricians that are experts in the science and practice of blood...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 24, 2021 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications |
Transfusion reactions that involve the lungs and heart cause major problems; in fact, such reactions are the most common cause of transfusion-associated death! I believe that recognizing, treating, and of course, preventing transfusion reactions, especially those...
by Joe Chaffin | Nov 13, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Blood shortages and inventory problems occur all too often. Nancy Dunbar says we need a few simple adjustments to “the rules” about O-negative RBCs, AB plasma, and apheresis platelets. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See...
by Joe Chaffin | Jun 25, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Your hospital’s blood management program may be perfect, but too late! Preoperative anemia treatment might be the “missing link.” Sure, you’ve got a Patient Blood Management program (You do, right? I hope so!). You’ve lowered your...
