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PATIENT BLOOD MANAGEMENT IN CARDIAC SURGERY AND BENEFITS OF POCT



SUMMARY
In this educational webinar, Professor Aamer Ahmed demonstrates the importance of blood patient management, provides guidance for the use of point of care testing and relates how i-STAT benefits the patients and the institution.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Understand guidelines for patient blood management in cardiac surgery
- Identify key challenges in blood patient management in cardiac surgical patients
- Understand how point of care supports blood patient management in CVOR
- Learn more about activated clotting time chemical measurement benefits
REFERENCES
- Practice Improvement Advisory for Management of Perioperative Bleeding and Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery Patients; Jacob Raphael 1, C David Mazer 2, Sudhakar Subramani 3 et all PMID: 31613811 DOI: 10.12 3/ANE.0000000000004355
- Patient blood management in the cardiac surgical setting: An updated overview; L E Terwindt 1, A A Karlas 1, S Eberl 1, M Wijnberge 1, A H G Driessen 1, D P Veelo 1, B F Geerts 1, M W Hollmann 1, A P J Vlaar 2 PMID: 31279649 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2019.06.015
- Benefits of handheld diagnostics in the CVOR, HHE 2015 Article Florian Falter 038657 Rev A 03/15
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PRESENTERS
Professor Aamer Ahmed
Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester UK; Honorary Professor of Anaesthesia, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester UK; BMedSci(Hons) BMBS DCH FRCA FESC FACC FHEA
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Who Should Watch
cardiologists, cargiac surgeons, anesthesiologists, perfusionist, biologist