2021 Blood Transfusions Hospitals 
Taming the SRU
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
In the era of modern medicine, blood transfusions are commonplace, especially in the emergency department. Transfusion reactions are a spectrum of adverse events that can occur with the transfusion of whole blood or any of its components. One of the major risk factors is receiving a blood transfusion in the past.
Pediatric EM Morsels
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
This allowed US hospitals to stock the drug to ensure quick treatment of suspected severe cases, rather than having to ship it from the CDC under the prior expanded-access protocol (Thomas 2023). Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023). J Travel Med.
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RebelEM
MAY 25, 2023
Lancet 2010 [10] >20,000 adult trauma patients with SBP <90mmHg Patients randomized to TXA 1g over 10 min + 1g IV over 8hrs vs Placebo given within 8hrs of injury In-hospital mortality by 28d reduced (14.5% NEJM 1994. [2] NEJM 1994. [2] Richards JE et al.
PulmCCM
JANUARY 8, 2024
Smaller blood-collection tubes to reduce red blood cell transfusion (STRATUS trial) Cumulatively, daily labs on hospitalized patients deplete substantial volumes of blood, almost all of which is wasted. mL per sample, and the rest is discarded. By one estimate, 25 million liters (6.6
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JANUARY 10, 2024
Let’s take the humble blood transfusion – used in emergency departments across the globe and playing a key role in critical care. Severe anaemia is a common and life-threatening cause of hospital admission in children in sub-Saharan Africa. 8% die in hospital, with a further 12% dying in the six months following discharge.
EMDocs
JUNE 12, 2024
2021 Mar;41:104-109. 2021 Feb 1;90(2):396-402. A review of transfusion- And trauma-induced hypocalcemia: Is it time to change the lethal triad to the lethal diamond? Concentration-Dependent Effect of Hypocalcaemia on Mortality of Patients with Critical Bleeding Requiring Massive Transfusion: A Cohort Study. Li K, Xu Y.
Downeast Emergency Medicine
APRIL 26, 2021
Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2021 Jan 1;32(1):37-43. Four level-1 US trauma centers participated in the study where the inclusion criteria were trauma patients who were within 2 hours of their injury and were transported to the trauma center from either the field or another hospital. Rivas L, Estroff J, Sparks A, et al.
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