The nice
people at “Transfusion News” sent their update today. I do like the “Transfusion
News” updates. They don’t swamp me with information, and they are regular.
Little and often – as CPD should be…
High Titer Convalescent Plasma Does Not Improve Survival of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 |
 May 26, 2021
With
few treatment options, more than 500,000 patients with COVID-19 were
transfused with convalescent plasma in the United States. Observational
data from over 3,000 patients transfused under the Expanded Access
Program suggested that high-titer convalescent plasma significantly
lowered 30-day mortality in patients not on mechanical ventilation. Data
from small, randomized controlled trials, however, were inconclusive. [Read More]
|
|
RHD Genotyping; We Can Do Better! with Sue Johnson |
 May 19, 2021 | BBGuy Podcast
RHD genotyping has not been as widely implemented as we had hoped. Sue Johnson is here to tell us why and how we can do better! [Listen Now]
|
|
|
ABO-incompatible Platelet Transfusions and Platelet Recovery in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage |
 May 18, 2021
Historically,
standard practice has been to provide ABO-compatible platelets when
possible. However, since hemolysis is rare after single platelet
transfusions and because of limited platelet availability, a significant
proportion of platelet transfusions are ABO incompatible. [Read More]
|
No comments:
Post a Comment