VIDEO: New Guidelines for Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease Today we’ll be discussing a new set of guidelines for treating patients with sickle cell disease recently published in JAMA… September 30, 2014
VIDEO: Blood Transfusions Do Not Predispose Prostate Cancer Reoccurrence Today we will be discussing whether blood transfusions predispose patients to prostate cancer reoccurrence after radical prostatectomy. Although blood transfusions… September 14, 2014
VIDEO: Transfusion-Transmitted Hepatitis E Today we will be discussing transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E infection. Hepatitis E virus, or HEV, is a single-stranded RNA virus which… August 30, 2014
VIDEO: Safety of Group A Thawed Plasma for Trauma Patients Today we will be discussing the safety of transfusing blood group A plasma to unidentified trauma patients. Group AB plasma, the universal plasma, does not contain anti-A or anti-B antibodies and is routinely given to trauma patients when their blood type is unknown. Group AB plasma, however, is in short supply. July 15, 2014
VIDEO: New Insights and Prevention Modalities of TRALI Hello and welcome to Transfusion News. Today we will be discussing recent insights into TRALI or transfusion-related acute lung injury. TRALI… June 30, 2014
VIDEO: Hemoglobin Drift after Surgery Today we will be discussing post-operative hemoglobin drift. In the first few days after a major surgery, downward trends or… June 15, 2014
VIDEO: Young Blood May Reverse Aging Hello and welcome to Transfusion News. Today we will be discussing three concurrent reports published in the journals Science and… May 30, 2014
VIDEO: A Validated Transfusion Medicine Exam Today we will be discussing transfusion medicine education. Currently medical schools do not emphasize transfusion medicine, nor do the United… May 15, 2014
VIDEO: Chikungunya Virus Today we will be discussing chikungunya virus, a positive single stranded RNA virus that is normally transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes,… April 30, 2014
VIDEO: RBC Transfusion Complications in Thalassemia Patients Today we will be discussing transfusion complications in thalassemia patients. Thalassemia is a group of genetic blood disorders with a… April 15, 2014
