In my time at the Saudi National Guard Health Affairs and at HMC Qatar, I offered the pediatric fellows a series of lectures of 1-2 hours duration. The following list has been updated to cover current topics of interest, including COVID-19 convalescent plasma.
- Transfusing blood components for physicians—what do you need to know
- Recognizing and treating adverse effects of transfusion
- Blood components and derivatives—what you need to know
- Blood filters, irradiation, aliquoting, and washing blood components
- Pathogen inactivation and platelet additive solutions
- COVID-19 and the blood supply, COVID-19 convalescent plasma
- Indications for blood components and monitoring efficacy
- Patient blood management: minimizing transfusions
- Blood group serology and compatibility—what you need to know
- Adult vs. pediatric transfusion medicine: special considerations for the pediatrics
- Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
- Rh immunoprophylaxis: RhIG, fetomaternal hemorrhage
- Platelet refractoriness: prevention and treatment
- Hemoglobinopathy: component selection for pediatric patients
- Therapeutic apheresis, focused on pediatric age group
- Stem cell transplantation
- Transfusion-transmitted diseases
- Emerging pathogens: ZIKA, Chikungunya, Dengue
25/2/21