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10th Annual NATA Symposium
The 10th Annual NATA symposium, organized jointly with the Bulgarian Association for the Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives (BAATA), will be held at the Design Center Linz, Europaplatz 1, 4020 Linz, Austria (www.design-center.at) on April 16-17, 2009.
We are pleased to inform you that the preliminary scientific program is now available and can be consulted here. The deadline for abstract submission is December 15, 2008. To download an abstract submission form, please click here.
To register to the symposium, please use the NATAonline registration page or download a registration form here.
Our partner Reisewelt has prepared a selection of hotels and post-symposium excursions. An accommodation and excursion booking form is available here (click here to locate the selected hotels on a map and here to view a description of the proposed excursions). For information on how to travel to Linz, 2009 European Capital of Culture, please visit the Linz Tourism Website.
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News Focus
Wed, Dec 3, 2008
Allogeneic Blood Usage — Risks and Benefits
The September issue of NATA's journal, Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine, is entitled "Allogeneic Blood Usage — Risks and Benefits". Prof. Marcela Contreras, editor of this thematic issue, writes in her editorial: "A journal dedicated to alternatives to allogeneic blood transfusion cannot be complete unless it has dealt with up-to-date knowledge on the transfusion process per se." Respected experts in their fields deal in a succinct way with the components available for transfusion, the infectious and immunological complications of transfusion, including transfusion-induced immunomodulation, and the hot topic of pathogen inactivation of blood components. We are finally reminded by expert clinicians of how little we know about the benefits, or otherwise, of the wide-held practice of allogeneic red cell transfusion. To view this issue on Wiley Inerscience, please click on the link above.
Fibrin Sealants: Their Role in Blood-Sparing Surgery
During the 9th Annual NATA Symposium, a satellite symposium entitled "Fibrin Sealants: Their Role in Blood-Sparing Surgery" addressed the role of topical haemostatic agents in reducing blood loss and transfusion requirements in surgical patients. This symposium, supported by an educational grant from Johnson & Johnson Wound Management, was chaired by Prof. Marcela Contreras and Mr. Peter Earnshaw and featured presentations by Dr. Heidi Doughty and Dr. Dafydd Thomas. To view a podcast of the symposium, please click on the link above.
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TAB - The NATA Textbook
Transfusion Medicine and Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine - 2000
A comprehensive textbook and formidable educational tool,
focusing on transfusion medicine and alternatives, freely available for
consultation here.
This 516 page book contains some 60 articles contributed
by over 80 specialists in the field of transfusion alternatives and blood
conservation.
Browse the following sections:
History and development of
transfusion medicine
Allogeneic blood usage
Plasma, Albumin and Synthetic
Colloids
Transfusion triggers
Legal and ethical issues
Alternatives to allogeneic blood
transfusion
Cost issues.
We still have a few printed copies of the 2000 edition.
Purchase your copy by credit card or cheque on our secure site.
Enjoy TAB!
Read TAB online - free access |
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Weekly Review
of the Literature
Dec 3 to 10, 2008
Langer J, Obladen M, Dame C
Published: May 2008
Urinary loss of erythropoietin after intravenous versus subcutaneous epoetin-beta in preterm infants.
J Pediatr 2008;152(5):728-730.
Garcia-Erce JA, Cuenca J, Munoz M, et al.
Published: May 2005
Perioperative stimulation of erythropoiesis with intravenous iron and erythropoietin reduces transfusion requirements in patients with hip fracture. A prospective observational study.
Vox Sang 2005;88(4):235-243.
Beierlein W, Scheule AM, Dietrich W, Ziemer G
Published: Feb 2005
Forty years of clinical aprotinin use: a review of 124 hypersensitivity reactions.
Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:741-8.
Mathiasen RA, Cruz RM
Published: Nov 2004
Prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial of a novel matrix hemostatic sealant in children undergoing adenoidectomy.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2004;131:601-605.
 
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