NATA Symposia
13th Annual NATA Symposium
We are pleased to announce that the 13th Annual NATA Symposium will be held on April 12-13, 2012 at the Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.Scientific program
The preliminary scientific program is now available. Sessions and workshops will be dedicated to the following topics:
Plenary sessions
• Blood safety: the risks of blood administration
• Platelet transfusions: effective and safe?
• Fluid therapy in the operating room and in the ICU
• Management of massive hemorrhage in obstetrics
• Perioperative management of new antithrombotic agents
• Red blood cell transfusions in 2012
Workshops
• Management of preoperative anemia
• Obstetric hemorrhage
• Point-of-care coagulation monitoring: TEG, ROTEM
• Blood conservation strategies for high-risk surgery
Satellite symposium
• Management of perioperative bleeding (supported by an educational grant from CSL Behring)
Please click on the link below to view the preliminary scientific program.
13th Annual Symposium Scientific Program
Registration & accommodation
Please click on the link below to download a registration form. Online registration will be avaibable shortly.
13th Annual Symposium Registration Form
News
NATA Textbook - Second Edition, 2010
The second edition of the NATA textbook, entitled Alternatives to Blood Transfusion in Transfusion MedicineThe book includes 47 chapters contributed by recognized experts from various specialties. The chapters are divided into the following sections:
1. History and Development of Transfusion Medicine
2. Allogeneic Blood Usage--Risks and Benefits
3. Volume Replacement
4. Tolerance of Anemia
5. Perioperative Hemostasis
6. Transfusion Triggers
7. Alternatives to Allogeneic Blood Transfusion
8. Legal and Ethical Issues in Transfusion Medicine
9. Cost Issues
More on the Nata textbook
Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Preoperative Anemia in the Elective Orthopaedic Surgical Patient: NATA Guidelines
Preoperative anemia in patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery is associated with increased likelihood of blood transfusion as well as increased perioperative morbidity and mortality. A standardized approach for the detection, evaluation, and management of anaemia in this setting has been identified as an unmet medical need.
A multidisciplinary panel of physicians with expertise in orthopedic surgery, orthopedic anesthesia, hematology and epidemiology was convened by NATA with the aim of developing practice guidelines for the detection, evaluation and management of preoperative anaemia in elective orthopedic surgery.
The working group, chaired by Alice Maniatis (Greece) and Peter Earnshaw (UK), was made up of Lawrence Tim Goodnough (USA), Göran Benoni (Sweden), Photis Beris (Switzerland), Elvira Bisbe (Spain), Dean A. Fergusson (Canada), Hans Gombotz (Austria), Oliver Habler (Germany, Terri G. Monk (USA), Yves Ozier (France), Robert Slappendel (The Netherlands) and Marek Szpalski (Belgium).
We have the pleasure to announce that the NATA guidelines have been published in the January issue of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. The article can be downloaded free of charge from the BJA website using the link below.
Free Full Text - British Journal of Anaesthesia
From the Literature
Jan 28, 2012
Published: Dec 2011
Sümpelmann R, Kretz FJ, Luntzer R, et al.
Hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.42/6:1 for perioperative plasma volume replacement in 1130 children: results of an European prospective multicenter observational postauthorization safety study (PASS).
Paediatr Anaesth 2011; Dec 23 [Epub ahead of print].
NATA REVIEW:
This prospective observational study evaluated the use of potato-derived HES 130/0.42 (prepared in normal saline ...
REVIEW by:
P. Van der Linden
Published: Dec 2011
Semmelrock MJ, Raggam RB, Amrein K, et al.
Reticulocyte hemoglobin content allows early and reliable detection of functional iron deficiency in blood donors.
Clin Chim Acta 2011; Dec 23 [Epub ahead of print].
NATA REVIEW:
This paper demonstrates that functional iron deficiency can be found in up to a fifth of male donors and a quarter ...
REVIEW by:
L. T. Goodnough
Published: Dec 2011
Bryant BJ, Yau YY, Arceo SM, Daniel-Johnson J, Hopkins JA, Leitman SF
Iron replacement therapy in the routine management of blood donors.
Transfusion 2011; Dec 29 [Epub ahead of print].
NATA REVIEW:
The article describes the management of iron supplementation of blood donors. Iron deficiency is one of the most ...
REVIEW by:
R. Moog
Published: Dec 2011
Ho KM, Litton E
Cost-effectiveness of using recombinant activated factor VII as an off-label rescue treatment for critical bleeding requiring massive transfusion.
Transfusion 2011; Dec 30 [Epub ahead of print].
NATA REVIEW:
Contrary to tranexamic acid, the benefit of rFVIIa in trauma has not been demonstrated convincingly. The incremental ...
REVIEW by:
J.-F. Hardy
Published: Dec 2011
Muller MC, de Jonge E, Arbous MS, et al.
Transfusion of fresh frozen plasma in non-bleeding ICU patients -TOPIC TRIAL: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Trials 2011;12(1):266.
NATA REVIEW:
The authors must be commended for undertaking this type of trial that will answer an important question. More ...
REVIEW by:
J.-F. Hardy
Published: Dec 2011
Carson JL, Terrin ML, Noveck H, et al.
Liberal or restrictive transfusion in high-risk patients after hip surgery.
N Engl J Med 2011; Dec 14 [Epub ahead of print].
NATA REVIEW:
At last, the long-awaited FOCUS study has been published and a great trial it is! Carson et al. have made ...
REVIEW by:
J.-F. Hardy