So, your patient needs a transfusion. Is it ok to reflexively order premedication to prevent transfusion reactions? Dr. Heidi Shafi explains why it might not help, and could potentially hurt! Dr. Heidi Shafi from Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles joins Dr. Chaffin to...
“This patient is having a transfusion reaction!!”OK, take it easy! Dr. Mark Fung is here to give us a rational way to approach these panic-inducing events. It’s easy to push the panic button when a suspected transfusion reaction occurs, but...
Plasma transfusion is not as easy as it sounds! Over half of transfusions have been shown to be unnecessary, and Jeannie Callum can help change how you think about transfusing plasma. Numerous studies and audits have shown that plasma transfusion is not really done...
This episode comes in two parts, recorded a couple of months apart to reflect what was happening in 2016 with testing for Zika virus. IMPORTANT NOTE: Things have changed pretty dramatically since I recorded the first Zika podcast in July 2016! In August 2016, FDA...
Dr. Emily Volk from the Baptist and Tenet Health Systems joins me to outline what you really need to know about Patient Blood Management (PBM). It seems like everyone today is talking about “Patient Blood Management!” The interest (and apprehension) is...
