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Oral Abstract - Pediatrics

Monday, October 21, 2024
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
Location: 362
CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

    Program Chair(s)

  • Stella Chou, MD (she/her/hers)

    Chief, Division of Transfusion Medicine
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

    Disclosure(s): Pfizer, Inc. Common Stock: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

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  • Nabiha Saifee, MD PhD

    Assistant Professor, Transfusion Service Medical Director
    Seattle Children's Hospital
    Seattle, Washington, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):
Stella Chou, MD: Pfizer, Inc. Common Stock: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)
Nabiha Saifee, MD PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

  • Assess the limited utility of routine direct antiglobulin test (DAT) in newborns born to RhD-negative mothers receiving Rh immune globulin
  • Recognize the association between hypofibrinogenemia and increased coagulopathy and early mortality in pediatric trauma and non-trauma massive transfusion events
  • Discuss the low risk of alloimmunization from RhD-positive apheresis platelet transfusion
  • Evaluate the increased risk of RBC alloimmunization in setting of intrauterine transfusion
  • Examine impact of recent transfusion threshold trials in preterm neonates on pre-transfusion hemoglobin and platelet counts in a multicenter study

Presentations:

  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
    DAT is Unnecessary for Newborns of RhIG-Positive Mothers

    Presenting Author: Tsung-Lin Tsai, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Bloodworks Northwest

  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
    Evaluation of Coagulopathy in Pediatric Cohort Undergoing Massive Transfusion

    Presenting Author: Nathan R. Wilken, MD (he/him/his) – Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine Transfusion Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital

  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
    No Evidence of Anti-D Alloimmunization After RhD-Positive Apheresis Platelet Transfusion to RhD-Negative Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adults without RhIg Prophylaxis

    Presenting Author: Kristina Prus, MD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
    Red Blood Cell (RBC) Alloimmunization after Intrauterine Transfusion

    Presenting Author: Gisela Marrero-Rivera, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco

  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
    Transfusion Threshold Trends in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants

    Presenting Author: Jeanne E. Hendrickson, MD – Emory University