6th Annual NATA Symposium



8:00-8:10 Welcome Address
Konrad Messmer, Munich, Germany



8:10-8:30 Efficacy of Red Cell Transfusion
Richard B. Weiskopf, San Francisco, CA, USA

8:30-8:50 Efficacy of Fresh Frozen Plasma
Simon J. Stanworth, Oxford, UK

8:50-9:10 Transfusion and Silent Myocardial Infarction
Neil Soni, London, UK

9:10-9:30 Transfusion in the ICU
Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, Belgium

9:30-10:00 Questions and Answers

10:00-10:30 Break




10:30-10:50 TRALI: Results of a Consensus Conference
TBA

10:50-11:10 Transfusion and Acute Lung Injury in the ICU
Ognjen Gajic, Rochester, MN, USA

11:10-11:30 Incidence of TRALI: Reports to SHOT
Cliff Morgan, London, UK

11:30-12:00 Questions and Answers

12:00-14:00 Lunch





12:15-12:20 Introduction
Volker Kretschmer, Marburg, Germany

12:20-12:40 Evidence-Based Medicine in Coagulation/Transfusion
Paul Hébert, Ottawa, ON, Canada

12:40-13:00 Coagulopathy of Trauma
Uri Martinowitz, Tel Hashomer, Israel

13:00-13:30 Treatment of Trauma-Related Hemorrhage: Results of a Clinical Trial of Hemostasis in Trauma
Kenneth Boffard, Johannesburg, South Africa

13:30-13:50 Questions & Answers

13:50-13:55 Conclusion
Jean-François Hardy, Montreal, QC, Canada





14:00-14:20 Major Current Risks
Harvey G. Klein, Bethesda, MD, USA

14:20-14:40 Transfusion Errors and How to Prevent Them
Dorothy Stainsby, Newcastle, UK

14:40-15:00 New and Emerging Pathogens
Harvey G. Klein, Bethesda, MD, USA

15:00-15:20 Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Is It Transmissible by Blood?
James Ironside, Edinburgh, UK

15:20-15:50 Questions and Answers

15:50-16:20 Break




16:20-16:40 What Is Wrong With Crystalloids?
Michael F. M. James, Western Cape, South Africa

16:40-17:00 Advances in Colloid Therapy
Hengo Haljamäe, Göteborg, Sweden

17:00-17:20 Hydroxyethyl Starch in Neurosurgical Patients
Hans-Jürgen Dieterich, Tübingen, Germany

17:20-17:40 Hypertonic Solutions in Emergencies
Jacques Duranteau, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

17:40-18:10 Questions and Answers

18:10 End of Session




8:00-8:20 The Role of Platelets
Charles-Marc Samama, Bobigny, France

8:20-8:40 Fibrin Sealants / Glues
Heinz Redl, Vienna, Austria

8:40-9:00 Recombinant Factor VIIa
Marcel Levi, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

9:00-9:20 Vessel Sealing
Horst-Günther Rau, Dachau, Germany

9:20-9:50 Questions and Answers

9:50-10:20 Break




10:20-10:40 Paid Versus Unpaid Donations
Cees van der Poel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10:40-11:00 Overview of the Blood Supply Worldwide
Neelam Dhingra, Geneva, Switzerland

11:00-11:20 Transfusion-Transmitted Infections in the Developing World
Silvano Wendel, São Paulo, Brazil

11:20-11:50 Questions and Answers

11:50-14:00 Lunch





12:10-12:15 Introduction
Marcela Contreras, London, UK

12:15-12:35 Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery
Philippe Van der Linden, Brussels, Belgium

12:35-12:55 Pharmacological Methods to Reduce Surgical Bleeding
David Royston, Harefield, UK

12:55-13:15 Blood Conservation in Off-Pump and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Lars Englberger, Bern, Switzerland

13:15-13:35 Blood Conservation in Non-Cardiac Surgery
Robert J. Porte, Groningen, The Netherlands

13:35-13:50 Questions & Answers

13:50-13:55 Conclusion
David Royston, Harefield, UK




12:15-12:30 Perioperative Management of Iron Requirements
Ivor Cavill, Cardiff, UK

12:30-13:05 Management of Anemia in the Peripartum Period
― Overview, Case Report, and Discussion
Christian Breymann, Zurich, Switzerland

13:05-13:40 Management of Perioperative Anemia
― Overview, Case Report, and Discussion
José Antonio Garcia-Erce, Zaragoza, Spain

13:40-13:45 Conclusion
Ivor Cavill, Cardiff, UK




12:10-12:20 Principles and Techniques of Blood Salvage
Dafydd Thomas, Swansea, Wales, UK

12:20-12:40 Variables Affecting the Quality of Salvaged Blood
Ernil Hansen, Regensburg, Germany

12:40-12:50 Sponsor Presentation (Fresenius Hemocare)

12:50-13:10 Indications for Blood Salvage
Dafydd Thomas, Swansea, Wales, UK

13:10-13:20 Blood Salvage in Cancer Surgery
Ernil Hansen, Regensburg, Germany

13:20-13:30 Sponsor Presentation (Dideco)

13:30-13:50 Establishing Quality Management and Controls
Ernil Hansen, Regensburg, Germany





14:00-14:20 Erythropoietin: Its Role in Cardioprotection in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Stuart Katz, New Haven, CT, USA

14:20-14:40 Assessing Erythropoietic Iron Requirements
Ivor Cavill, London, UK

14:40-15:00 Red Cell Salvage in Major Surgery
Manuel Muñoz, Málaga, Spain

15:00-15:20 Results From the SAFE Study
Craig French, Melbourne, Australia

15:20-15:50 Questions and Answers

15:50-16:20 Break




16:20-16:40 Is Fresh Blood Needed?
Paul Hébert, Ottawa, ON, Canada

16:40-17:00 Massive Transfusion and Coagulopathy: Pathophysiology and Clinical Implications
Jean-François Hardy, Montreal, QC, Canada

17:00-17:20 Artificial Oxygen Carriers: Physiologic Principles and Clinical Use
Donat R. Spahn, Lausanne, Switzerland

17:20-17:40 The USA Multicenter Prehospital PolyHeme Trial
Ernest E. Moore, Denver, CO, USA

17:40-18:00 Hemostasis and Trauma
Beverley Hunt, London, UK

18:00-18:30 Questions and Answers

18:30-18:40 Concluding Comments