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Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
Major Clinical Trials ... may be unnecessary ... Transfusions should ... Transfusions are ... #Thresholds #Hematology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Blood Product Transfusions ... Transfusion Thresholds ... Special Blood Product ... maculopapular rash ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
maculopapular rash ... Blood products contain ... of transfused products ... nickmmark #Blood #Product ... #management #hematology
Thromboelastography (trademarked as TEG)
 • Graphical representation of the fibrin polymerization process
 • Point-of-care anti-coagulation monitoring
determining if transfusion ... of blood products ... compared to routine transfusion ... reduce number of transfusions ... interpretation #hematology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Fever is the main clinical ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... Fibrin degradation products ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
, Published 24 May ... Patients with MDS ... repeated red cell transfusions ... importance of clinical ... #algorithm #hematology