The Cost Effectiveness of Whole Blood in ED Trauma

A review from the American Journal of Critical Care did a pretty good job of looking into and summarizing some of the evidence comparing whole blood versus blood component therapy on transfusion requirements in civilian patients. Extreme obese patients aren't well represented in these studies, so it must read for all age HP get on it. Brian Ersstadt and Jeff Barletta bring the heat from Arizona with this age HP review looking into the evidence behind VTE prophylaxis treatment regimens in obese trauma patients. Go ahead and take it away hitting on some awesome infectious diseases articles from the month of March.