ASCP Case Reports: Transfusion Medicine
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A monthly self-study that features learning objectives on patient evaluation, selection of blood components, blood procurement, and accreditation requirements for blood banks and transfusion services.
Scheduled Topics (In Process) for 2013:
- Photopheresis: How It Works and What It Is Used For (Amy Schmidt, MD, PhD; Jill Adamski, MD, PhD)
- Dendritic Cell Vaccination for Treatment of a Variety of Cancers (Jeffrey Petersen, MD; Shan Yuan, MD; Qun Lu, MD)
- Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria: Investigation, Donor Screening, and Deferral Policy (Gillian Genrich, MD, MPH; Evan M Bloch, MD, MS)
- Principles of Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Implications for Patient Blood Management (Minh-Ha Tran, MD; Dana Schiro, MD)
- Anti-D After Transfusion in a Patient With a Liver Transplant (Eric Abraham Gehrie, MD)
- Distinguishing Classical Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura From Other Thrombotic Microangiopathies (Neil Shah, MD; Karen Mateovsyan, MD)
You'll receive:
Case history with discussion (8 in total) and, when appropriate, laboratory data and other tables and figures. References include classic treatments as well as recent publications on the topic. CME questions allow readers to synthesize what they have read and obtain credit for participating in each ASCP Case Reports exercise.
