2021 Blood Transfusions Wellness 
Pediatric EM Morsels
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
With concern for malaria, it is very important to identify who is non-immune and semi-immune as this can affect both the timeframe for illness after departure from the endemic country as well as severity of illness. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. Third times the charm!
PulmCCM
JANUARY 8, 2024
million gallons) of blood are wasted in this fashion, every year—enough to fill about 700 railroad tanker cars with blood, or about four times the total amount of blood transfused annually. Smaller-volume blood collection tubes are widely available at equivalent cost and are compatible with standard blood analyzers.
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RebelEM
MAY 25, 2023
CRYSTALLOIDS Too much crystalloid resuscitation in traumatic hemorrhagic shock can increase dilutional coagulopathy, as well as increase morbidity and mortality Bickell WH et al. Anesth Analg 2021. The Role of Whole Blood Transfusions in Civilian Trauma: A Review of Literature in Military and Civilian Trauma. NEJM 1994.
PulmCCM
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Intuitively, plasma seemed even less likely to help the very sickest of the sick— those mechanically ventilated with ARDS from Covid-19, whose mortality rate was well over 50% at many centers. patients infected with the Wuhan/Delta variants in 2020-2021). Only it turns out, it did help. Or could, anyway.
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.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
And lastly, it’s actually quite hard to see how well the cardiovascular system is working, and this is one of its measurable features. This works well for a while, but eventually, the heart beats too fast to fill adequately. The amount of blood that comes from the heart with each contraction is the stroke volume (SV).
Intensive Blog
AUGUST 17, 2023
Major bleeding (Arachchilage et al, 2021) 1. What is an appropriate “trigger threshold” for blood transfusion in ECMO patients? Blood Transfusion Threshold in Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Cardiac and Respiratory Failure-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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