Each month, the NATA scientific committee organises a one-hour interactive session led by top experts, featuring a hot topic related to clinical practice.
Registered participants can submit questions during the session.
Basic lab tests: The best way to use them
Marc Samama
Classical laboratory tests (Prothrombin Time, Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time, Fibrinogen (Clauss method) and Platelet count represent the first basic coagulation evaluation in the bleeding patient and the most common one.
The properties and limits of each of these test will be detailed and practical clinical examples will be provided. At the end of this short lecture, the participants should be convinced of the strength and usefulness of these tests.
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Viscoelastic testing: the worst way to use them
Thorsten Haas
Viscoelastic testing (VET) is a real-time, whole blood, point-of-care measurement to assess clot formation, strength, and clot lysis. The available VET assays help to identify the contribution and potential disruptions of platelets, fibrinogen, and coagulation factors to clotting.
This talk is intended to give a brief overview of VET tools and will give a comprehensive update of current literature. A special focus will be on the rational use of VET to guide bleeding management in the clinical practice.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Iron deficiency is a highly prevalent condition with effective treatment options, but various diagnostic pitfalls prevent many patients from receiving therapy. Concurrent inflammation is a key cause of underdiagnosis and requires a nuanced clinical approach. We will present findings from a cross-sectional study conducted at a tertiary academic hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. The study evaluated optimal biomarker thresholds for diagnosing ID, using bone marrow (BM) iron stores as the gold standard and C-reactive protein (CRP) as an inflammatory marker.
NATA: Network for the advancement of Patient Blood Management, Haemostasis and Thrombosis
MISSION: Providing a multidisciplinary forum for dialogue between haematologists, transfusion medicine specialists, anaesthesiologists, intensive care and emergency physicians, surgeons, perfusionists, nurses, biomedical scientists and ther heathcare professionals.
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