The Bloody Truth: Transfusion Therapy Uncensored!

Time: 7pm CET | Duration: 60mn

Objectives:

• Exploring the best practices in managing blood loss during obstetric surgery, including preoperative optimization, intraoperative techniques, and postoperative care to minimize transfusion needs.
• Focusing on evidence-based guidelines for making critical transfusion decisions, balancing the risks and benefits, and avoiding unnecessary transfusions in the perioperative setting.
• Highlighting the latest advancements and technologies in blood conservation, including pharmacological agents, surgical techniques, and point-of-care testing that help reduce the need for transfusions.

Presentations:

• “Cutting Through the Chaos: Essential Strategies for Perioperative Blood Management in the obstetric population”
  by Dr Tarek Al Ansari
• “Blood on the Balance: When to Transfuse and When to Hold Back”
  by Dr Jonny Wilkinson
• “Bleeding Edge: Innovative Approaches to Reduce Blood Loss in Surgery”
  by Dr Jerrold Levy

Target Audience:

• Anaesthesiologists
• Anaesthesiology residents
• Anaesthesiology fellows
• Pain physicians
• Pain fellows

Keywords:

• Blood loss
• Transfusion
• Preoperative
• Postoperative
• Periopratrive
• Obstetrics

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This webinar was held on 29 May 2025.

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Accreditation Statement and Credit Designation

This webinar has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 1 European CME credit (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

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