Orthopedics & Orthopedic Surgery
Area of Focus: Hip, Knee, & Lower Extremity
Explore various techniques to conserve blood and minimize allogeneic transfusions in patients undergoing total hip and knee replacement surgeries. Includes interactive learning modules with video and illustrations.
Sections include:
- Case studies in total joint surgery
- Allogeneic blood transfusion: practice and risks
- Allogeneic blood transfusion: indications/clinical criteria for use
- Predeposit autologous blood
- Perioperative blood salvage
- Surgical and anesthetic techniques
- Pharmacologic approaches to minimizing allogeneic transfusion
Earn up to 8 hours of AMA PRA Category 1* or 2 CME Credit.
This CD-ROM was produced under an unrestricted educational grant from Ortho Biotech, Inc.