2 Minute Medicine Rewind March 31- April 7th, 2014
Image: PD In this section, we will highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Health Care–Associated Infection After Red Blood Cell...
View ArticleTranexamic acid during joint surgery may reduce need for blood transfusions
1. Patients receiving tranexamic acid during total hip and knee arthroplasty had lower rates of blood transfusion. 2. Tranexamic acid use was associated with a shorter hospital stay and lower hospital...
View ArticleTransfusion therapy linked with reduced neurovascular disease in sickle cell...
1. In children with sickle cell anemia and silent infarcts, the incidence of recurrent infarcts was significantly lower in the blood transfusion group compared to the observation group. 2. The rates...
View Article2 Minute Medicine Rewind August 18 – August 25, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Culture Conversion with Bedaquiline The...
View ArticleThromboelastography velocity better for predicting hyperfibrinolysis in trauma
1. Large volume transfusion requirement and mortality in trauma are better predicted using clot lysis velocity curves. 2. Pathological hyperfibrinolysis can be predicted earlier in trauma using the...
View Article2 Minute Medicine Rewind February 1 – February 8, 2015
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Tenofovir-Based Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection among African...
View ArticleRestrictive transfusion threshold non-superior to liberal threshold for...
1. For post-cardiac surgery patients, a restrictive transfusion threshold was not superior to a liberal transfusion threshold in terms of major infection and ischemic events at 3 months. 2. More deaths...
View Article2 Minute Medicine Rewind March 23 – March 30, 2015
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Effect of a Balloon-Expandable Intracranial Stent vs Medical Therapy on Risk...
View Article2 Minute Medicine Rewind April 6 – April 12, 2015
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Age of Transfused Blood in Critically Ill Adults Whether the administration...
View ArticlePerioperative transfusion in gastric cancer an independent risk factor for...
1. Perioperative transfusion for gastric cancer resection was linked to a decrease in recurrence-free survival by 66%. 2. Regardless of timing, number of units, or stage of disease, transfusion was...
View Article2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 25, 2016
Dry Care Versus Antiseptics for Umbilical Cord Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial Because omphalitis is rare in developed countries, the benefit of antiseptic use in umbilical cord care have not been...
View ArticleBlood transfusions from ever-pregnant donors may increase mortality in male...
1. In this retrospective analysis, there was a slight increase in male patient mortality per transfusion when receiving blood from an ever-pregnant donor compared to a male or never-pregnant female...
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Data supports limiting blood transfusions for moderate anemia
1. The authors observed in this retrospective cohort study that transfusion rates decreased among patients from 2010 and 2014. 2. Paralleling decreasing transfusion rates, the authors observed a...
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Association of prehospital plasma transfusion with survival in trauma...
1. Prehospital plasma transfusion is associated with increased survival in the setting of hemorrhagic shock, particularly with longer transport times Evidence Rating Level: 1 (Excellent) It has been...
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