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Topic News Focus
Sep 10, 2010
Reporting by NATAonline staff
Joint ISBT / NATA Session During the XXXIst International Congress of the ISBT Published: May 2010
During the XXXIst International Congress of the ISBT, which will take place in Berlin, Germany, from June 26 to July 1, 2010, a joint ISBT/NATA sesssion will be dedicated to Clinical Hemotherapy.
The joint session is scheduled on Tuesday, June 29 (14:00-15:30), and will feature three presentations by NATA scientific members:
Better Pre-operative Preparation
L. T. Goodnough (USA)
Operative Interventions to Decrease Blood Loss
D. Thomas (UK)
Pharmacological Interventions
M. Samama (France)
Please click on the link above for more information about the ISBT International Congress.
New Scientific Committee Published: Mar 2009
We are pleased to announce that NATA's scientific committee has been entirely renewed. The role of this new committee chaired by Prof. Jean-François Hardy from Montreal, QC, Canada, is threefold: 1)to provide suggestions for the programs of annual symposia and regional meetings; 2) to review and rate abstracts submitted for presentation during annual symposia; and 3)to provide short comments on, and to rate articles for Nataonline. NATA's topics of interest include blood transfusion services/risks of transfusion, transfusion practice, blood conservation strategies, anemia and its management, fluid therapy and oxygen carriers and, finally, hemostasis and thrombosis. To consult the list of NATA scientific committee members, please click on the link above.
Hemoglobin Based Oxygen Carriers: Current Status and Future Directions Published: May 2008
On April 28-29, a public workshop entitled "Hemoglobin Based Oxygen Carriers: Current Status and Future Directions" was held in Bethesda, MD, USA. This workshop sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration; the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health; and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Secretary and Office of Public Health and Science (OS/OPHS) featured presentations and roundtable discussions led by experts from academic institutions, government, and industry. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the safety of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) as related to a variety of potential uses of these investigational products. To consult the agenda, please click on the link above.
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Sep 10 to 17, 2010
Schramko A, Suojaranta-Ylinen R, Kuitunen A, Raivio P, Kukkonen S, Niemi T
Published: Jun 2010
Hydroxyethylstarch and gelatin solutions impair blood coagulation after cardiac surgery: a prospective randomized trial.
Br J Anaesth 2010;104(6):691-697.
  
 This prospective single-blind study reports that, in comparison to Ringer acetate, both 6% HES 130/0.4 and 4% modified fluid ...
Jungner M, Grände PO, Mattiasson G, Bentzer P
Published: May 2010
Effects on brain edema of crystalloid and albumin fluid resuscitation after brain trauma and hemorrhage in the rat.
Anesthesiology 2010;112(5):1194-13.
The authors conducted an experimental study in rat traumatic brain injury showing that colloids lead to lesser brain edema. ...
Reviewed by:P. Van der Linden
Cabrales P
Published: Mar 2010
Low oxygen-affinity hemoglobin solution increases oxygenation of partially ischemic tissue during acute anemia.
J Am Coll Surg 2010;210(3):271-279.
This is the first quantitative experimental proof of the concept of targeted oxygen delivery to ischemic tissue by polymerized ...
Reviewed by:K. Holte
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