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SABM New England Regional Blood Management Conference

The George Auditorium at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island will be the site for this conference to be held on Thursday, April 19, 2007 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The conference will feature lectures that focus on the overall treatment and management of patients utilizing strategies to reduce or avoid blood transfusion. Included will be a discussion of various products and techniques to help meet the changing needs of patients.

Speakers include Aryeh Shander, MD; Patricia Ford, MD; Edwin Forman, MD; Hieu Ton-That, MD; and Kevin Wright, Program Manager of Transfusion-Free Medicine & Surgery at Rhode Island Hospital.

• Transfusion-Free Therapy in Pediatrics
• Risks and Complications of Blood Transfusions
• Managing Anemia in the Trauma Patient
• EPO/IRON/ESP
• Understanding Blood Substitutes
• Indications, Efficacy and Safety of NovoSeven (rFVIIa)
• Optimizing Hemoglobin in the Surgical Patient

Registration is free and lunch is provided.
For more information and to register call: 1-800-927-1230

Well, that was a bust! I didn't see the YEAR that conference happened! Chuckle. Well, IS there a video or anything available from the conference? I still think it would be a good idea to have a video posted here on the site so everyone could learn alittle more about subjects that are connected. 21stCentury