Transfusion Update 2008
The conference was held at Crown Conference Centre from 5–7 May in Melbourne.
Attracting around 275 delegates each day, a high standard of presentations gave scientists, clinicians, nurses and government staff working in blood management plenty of food for thought and discussion.
Conference presentations
Australian Best Practice - State Initiatives
Queensland Blood Management Program 271 KB by Ms Gina Clare
BeST (Victoria) 430 KB by Ms Karen Botting
BloodSafe (South Australia) 195 KB by Ms Susan Ireland
Blood Matters (New South Wales) 484 KB by Professor Cliff Hughes
Plenary lecture
Prophylactic platelets in haematological mailgnancies - what products and when? 610 KB by Dr Simon Stanworth
Transfusing and Using Platelets
Platelet response to storage 405 KB by Dr Rosemary Sparrow
Life span of transfused platelets 1.2 MB by Dr Kylie Mason
Routine screening for bacterial contamination 652 KB by Mr Shane Winzar
Critical Bleeding and Coagulopathy
Critical bleeding 5.9 MB by Professor James Isbister
Critical bleeding and coagulopathy - Managing critical bleeding in patients on routine antithrombotics 82 KB by Professor Alison Street
The bleeding trauma patient: Epidemiology and clnical aspects 4.7 MB by Professor Marc Maegele
Lessons from the Battlefields
Massive transfusion protocols that support damage control surgery 1.3 MB by Dr Sandy Zalstein
FFP - 'friend or faux pas' in critical illness and trauma 710 KB by Dr Simon Stanworth
Blood and Blood Products in Pregnancy
The Australian view on CMV Ig in pregnancy 2.1 MB by Professor William Rawlinson
Fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia 1.2 MB by Dr Helen Savoia
Management of fetal anaemia 2.6 MB by Associate Professor Sue Walker
Neonatal Transfusion Practice
Transfusion triggers in the neonate 1.1 KB by Dr Chad Anderson
The role of the Transfusion Nurse in neonatal care 379 KB by Ms Selina Northover
Transfusion in the Surgical Ward - a Medical Approach
Iron deficiencey anaemia - the neglected diagnosis? 2.1 MB by Dr Kathryn Robinson
Using intravenous iron 616 KB by Professor Peter Gibson
Individual patient blood management for surgery 843 KB by Dr Marija Borosak
Controversies in Product Specifications
Neonatal transfusion - which babies need what? 467 KB by Dr Simon Stanworth
Products for intrauterine transfusion 490 KB by Dr Helen Savoia
