Journal Club: Postsurgical Anemia and Hospital Readmission

Presented by:

Dr. Akash Gupta
Transfusion Medicine Physician Trainee
Canadian Blood Services and
McMaster University

Objectives:

1.    Review the impact of anemia on hospital re-admission.
2.    Highlight the goals of the hospital transfusion service.
3.    Discuss knowledge gaps and key areas of further research.

References:

1.    Hospital discharge hemoglobin values and posthospitalization clinical outcomes in transfused patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.  Kerfeld MJ, Kor DJ, Frank RD, Hanson AC, Passe MA, Warner MA.  Transfusion. 2020 Aug 13. doi: 10.1111/trf.16002. Online ahead of print.  PMID: 32794229

Note: The session is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

To register for the LearnTransfusion series, send an email to learn.transfusion@blood.ca with  “Weekly Transfusion Medicine Seminars” in the subject line. Include your name and complete e-mail address in the body of the e-mail, and confirm that you would like to register for the LearnTransfusion series. You will then receive weekly email notifications of upcoming series events with details on how to join the webinars (e.g., call-in number and a link to register for the webinar).

The LearnTransfusion series is the seminar component of the Areas of Focused Competency (AFC)-Diploma Program in Transfusion Medicine. The series, organized by Canadian Blood Services is also open to all practitioners in the field of Transfusion Medicine. Through a series of regular webinars, trainees and practitioners are exposed to various scientific, technical and clinical aspects of transfusion medicine.