Chapter 16 - Sorry Taylor, there is no bad blood - a discussion on transfusions
Always On EM - Mayo Clinic Emergency Medicine
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Show Notes
Dr. Justin Kreuter, Transfusion Medicine attending at Mayo Clinic, joins Alex and Venk on the podcast to talk about transfusion in its many dimensions. We talk through a model of evaluation for patients with life threatening bleeding, how to interpret tests, the science behind the 1:1:1 ratio of trauma transfusion practice and much much more!
CONTACTS
Twitter - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda; @KreuterMD
Instagram – @AlwaysOnEM; @Venk_like_vancomycin; @ASFinch; @KreuterMD
Email - [email protected]
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