Episode 4 – Transfusion Emergencies (iTunes or Listen Here)  The Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) –from Dr. Ryan Radecki’s erudite blog, Emergency Medicine Literature of Note.. “Infections & Transfusions” – a JAMA meta-analysis found that higher hemoglobin targets were associated with an increased incidence of infection with a number needed to harm of 20-38.  The  group with a target level … Continue reading Episode 4 – Transfusions and Ingested Foreign Bodies