Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast 017: Transfusion Reactions with Mark Fung
Sep 13, 2016
Dr. Mark Fung, blood bank doctor and editor of the AABB Technical Manual, discusses the management of transfusion reactions. They explore the importance of rational utilization in blood banking, standardized definitions for adverse events, and diagnosing hypotensive transfusion reactions and dyspnea. The podcast also covers the NHSN criteria for assigning transfusion reactions, considerations for hemolysis workup, allergic symptoms, pain during transfusion, and risk-benefit discussions in thrombocytopenia, pancytopenia, and hemolysis cases.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Transfusion Reactions and the Importance of Rational Utilization
03:06 • 22min
Importance of Using Standardized Definitions for Adverse Events in Blood Transfusion Services
25:11 • 7min
Hypotensive Transfusion Reaction and Transfusion-Associated Dyspnea
31:48 • 7min
NHSN criteria for assigning transfusion reactions
38:21 • 13min
Threshold and considerations for hemolysis workup
51:41 • 2min
Transfusion Reactions: Allergic Symptoms and Pain
53:37 • 19min
Transfusion Reactions: Three Cases and Risk-Benefit Discussion
01:12:20 • 5min