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

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
Major Clinical Trials ... NEJM 1999 - ICU FOCUS ... Blood saves lives ... unnecessary and cause ... #Thresholds #Hematology
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
in case of Pneumonia ... travel hx, home meds ... Progressive URI ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #clinical #ultrasound
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Cardiac Overload ... Citrate in RBCs binds ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Cardiac Overload ... Citrate in RBCs binds ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
emergency, Blood transfusion ... the underlying cause ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... until cause identified ... #management #neurology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... placental auto-transfusion ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who was transferred in profound
Her working diagnoses ... threatening to become PEs ... you will save lives ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #A4C #MassivePE