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    • Welcome to the Better Blood Use Forum for Case Discussion!
    • Announcement from Better Blood Use
    • First Case: This is an 84 female patient admitted through the emergency room with generalized weakness, fever, chills, likely urinary tract infection and likely metastatic lung masses.
      • Elderly female with known metastatic CA of ? Gyn origine, bladder catherer dependent, presents with weakness, fell down, and mild anemia and presumed dehydration. I am not finding the vital…
      • First Case: Does this patient need a transfusion?
      • First Case July 29, 2013 Final Case Critique
      • First Case July 29, 2013: Subsequent Case Management
    • Announcement from Better Blood Use: Case 2 and Case 3
    • Announcement from Better Blood Use: Second Case Posting
    • Case Two (August 4, 2013): Initial Presentation
      • Second Case: How many of the six platelet transfusions given to this patient were medically necessary?
      • Second Case August 4, 2013 Case Management Commentary
      • Second Case August 4, 2013 – Subsequent Case Management
      • Should this patient in the second case receive platelet transfusion?
      • Second Case: Assessment and Conclusion
    • The Joint Commission has posted proposed requirements for a “New Patient Blood Management Certification Program”
    • The patient has to go for pericardiocentesis. How should the patient’s INR be managed?
    • Third Case August 11, 2013: Patient Presentation
      • Third Case (August 11, 2013): Case Management Commentary
      • Third Case August 11, 2013: Subsequent Patient Management
      • Case 3: Based upon the information provided in Patient Presentation, does this patient need a transfusion?
      • Was transfusion appropriate in this circumstance?
    • Transfusion Strategies for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding N Engl J Med January 3, 2013 368:11-21 Vilanueva, et. al.
    • Two Leading Health Care Quality Organizations Recommend Strategies to Minimize Overuse of Five Treatments, Including Appropriate Blood Management
    • Case 4 (August 18, 2013): Patient Presentation
      • Case 4 (August 18, 2013): Case Management Commentary – Assessment & Conclusion Part 1
      • Case 4 (August 18, 2013): Case Management Commentary – Assessment & Conclusion Part 2
      • Case 4 (August 18, 2013): Case Management Commentary Objective Data
      • Case 4 (August 18, 2013): Subsequent Patient Management
      • Did the case 4 presentation provided you with new information and interesting discussion?
    • Case 5 (8/25/2013): Patient Presentation
      • Case 5 (8/25/2013): Case Management Commentary
      • Case 5 (8/25/2013): Subsequent Patient Management
    • Announcement from Better Blood Use: Case 6 is posted
    • Announcement from Better Blood Use: Case 6 and 7
    • Case 6 (9/01/2013): Patient Presentation
      • Case 6 (9/01/2013): Case Management Commentary
      • Case 6 (9/01/2013): Subsequent Patient Management
    • Case 7 (9/08/2013): Patient Presentation
      • Case 7 (9/08/2013): Management Commentary
      • Case 7 (9/08/2013): Subsequent Patient Management
    • Case 8 (9/22/2013): Patient Presentation
      • Case 8 (9/22/2013): Case Management Commentary
      • Case 8 (9/22/2013): Subsequent Patient Management
    • Case 9 (9/29/13): Patient Presentation
      • Case 9 (9/29/2013): Case Management Commentary
      • Case 9 (9/29/2013): Subsequent Patient Management
    • Case 10 (October 22, 2013): Patient Presentation

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Case 10 (October 22, 2013): Patient Presentation

October 22, 2013Columbia Healthcare Analytics

Click this link to download the case file: https://app.box.com/s/3n1mg6tkw2zbdf1gns2h The patient is a 50 year-old male with history of hepatitis C, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, status-post chemoembolization x 2, with last…Continue readingCase 10 (October 22, 2013): Patient Presentation…Continue readingCase 10 (October 22, 2013): Patient Presentation

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Case 9 (9/29/2013): Case Management Commentary

October 20, 2013Columbia Healthcare Analytics

Click this link to download the case file from box.net:https://app.box.com/s/nspnar642z408d7nline …Case 9 is a 30 year-old obstetrical patient admitted for labor at 38 4/7 weeks with twin pregnancy. You must…Continue readingCase 9 (9/29/2013): Case Management Commentary…Continue readingCase 9 (9/29/2013): Case Management Commentary

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Case 9 (9/29/2013): Subsequent Patient Management

October 13, 2013Columbia Healthcare Analytics

Click this link to download the case file from box.net: https://app.box.com/s/7jpwnyw01kzfalxqneqd … This 30 year-old obstetrical patient was admitted for labor at 38 4/7 weeks. The admission hemoglobin is 10.0 gm/dL…Continue readingCase 9 (9/29/2013): Subsequent Patient Management…Continue readingCase 9 (9/29/2013): Subsequent Patient Management

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Case 8 (9/22/2013): Case Management Commentary

October 7, 2013Columbia Healthcare Analytics

Click this link to download the case file from box.net:https://app.box.com/s/uz7r82y1bs82qzc1h23s …Case 8 is a 60 year-old male who presents with complex medical issues and renal failure and creatinine 6.3 mg/dL.…Continue readingCase 8 (9/22/2013): Case Management Commentary…Continue readingCase 8 (9/22/2013): Case Management Commentary

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Case 9 (9/29/13): Patient Presentation

September 29, 2013Columbia Healthcare Analytics

Click this link to download the case file from box.net:https://app.box.com/s/vgcul24z99kz5nyr9kp9 … This 30 year-old obstetrical patient was admitted for labor at 38 4/7 weeks. The admission hemoglobin is 10.0 gm/dL.…Continue readingCase 9 (9/29/13): Patient Presentation…Continue readingCase 9 (9/29/13): Patient Presentation

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Case 8 (9/22/2013): Subsequent Patient Management

September 23, 2013Columbia Healthcare Analytics

Click this link to download the case file from box.net:https://app.box.com/s/n75cfab3ks64b2mqanq0 …This 60 year-old male patient was admitted acute/chronic renal failure, pleural effusion and ascites. He underwent dialysis the day after…Continue readingCase 8 (9/22/2013): Subsequent Patient Management…Continue readingCase 8 (9/22/2013): Subsequent Patient Management

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Case 8 (9/22/2013): Patient Presentation

September 22, 2013Columbia Healthcare Analytics

Click this link to download the case file from box.net:https://app.box.com/s/hm7ql19ixgfmyuye1r2h …This 60 year-old male patient was admitted with acute/chronic renal failure, pleural effusion and ascites. He underwent dialysis the day…Continue readingCase 8 (9/22/2013): Patient Presentation…Continue readingCase 8 (9/22/2013): Patient Presentation

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Case 7 (9/08/2013): Management Commentary

September 11, 2013Columbia Healthcare Analytics

Click this link to download the case file from box.net:https://app.box.com/s/yrx1bk5vv4l6m4aaycs8 … This 112 year-old male was admitted with shortness of breath and was placed on broad spectrum antibiotic coverage. The…Continue readingCase 7 (9/08/2013): Management Commentary…Continue readingCase 7 (9/08/2013): Management Commentary

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Case 7 (9/08/2013): Subsequent Patient Management

September 10, 2013Columbia Healthcare Analytics

Click this link to download the case file from box.net:https://app.box.com/s/5u4kxkw7q0483qcqwmlv … This 112 year-old male was admitted with shortness of breath and was placed on broad spectrum antibiotic coverage. You…Continue readingCase 7 (9/08/2013): Subsequent Patient Management…Continue readingCase 7 (9/08/2013): Subsequent Patient Management

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Announcement from Better Blood Use: Case 6 and 7

September 9, 2013April 11, 2022Columbia Healthcare Analytics

The final management commentary for Case 6 was posted on Friday and the patient presentation for Case 7 was posted yesterday. Case 7 is a 112 year-old male was admitted…Continue readingAnnouncement from Better Blood Use: Case 6 and 7…Continue readingAnnouncement from Better Blood Use: Case 6 and 7

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