Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 10, 2024

Transfusion Decisions in Severe Anaemia Reducing child mortality remains high on the global health agenda. Let’s take the humble blood transfusion – used in emergency departments across the globe and playing a key role in critical care. However, there is a huge variation in transfusion practice globally.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Aplastic Crisis: In individuals with underlying hematologic disorders, an aplastic crisis may require blood transfusion to replace lost red blood cells. In some cases, intrauterine blood transfusions may be necessary for the fetus. 3, 2015, pp. “Parvovirus B19 and Its Role in Human Disease.”

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Between 2002 and 2015, 200 infants with pertussis were placed on ECMO, but only 56 survived, representing a survival rate of just 28%. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 37(3):p 202-205, March 2018. Exchange blood transfusion in the management of severe pertussis in young infants. Pediatrics. Nieves et al.

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EMDocs

MARCH 24, 2025

1 Over the decades, HIV has transitioned from being a terminal illness to a manageable chronic condition for many individuals due to improved knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease globally. The virus spreads through unprotected sex, blood transfusions, injection drug use, and from mother to child.

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