Send a text Ninja Nerds! Welcome to the Ninja Nerd Podcast with Zach and Rob! In this episode, we dive into blood transfusions, breaking down the essential components and clinical uses. We will discuss packed red blood cell transfusions (PRBC) for anemia management, platelet transfusions for thrombocytopenia and bleeding risk, and the role of Fresh Frozen Pl ... Show More
Mar 12
Eye Infections
Send a textNinja Nerds!In this episode of the Ninja Nerd Podcast, Zach and Rob walk you through a systematic, case-based approach to eye infections that show up everywhere, on exams, in urgent care, and in the middle of the night in the ED. Red eyes, swollen lids, scary diagnoses ... Show More
1h 16m
Mar 5
CNS Infections
Send a textNinja Nerds!In this episode, Rob and Zach dive into CNS infections and walk through how to build a simple framework to separate and identify meningitis, encephalitis, and brain abscess, then link each one to its classic clinical clues, imaging findings, CSF patterns, a ... Show More
1h 12m
May 2025
Platelet Transfusion: Best Practice Guidelines
A central question in platelet transfusion is whether to follow a restrictive or liberal strategy in decisions about which patients should receive platelets. Author Ryan Metcalf, MD, University of Utah, discusses new clinical guidelines for platelet transfusion and more with JAMA ... Show More
13m 53s
Feb 2023
TIRBO #29: Understanding blood transfusion
A review of the basics of blood donation, storage, typing, screening, matching, and transfusion. Transfusion medicine series at Critical Concepts Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!
21m 59s
Nov 2024
First-line asciminib for chronic myeloid leukemia, a new risk score for clonal cytopenia, and genotyped D-positive blood transfusion in sickle cell anemia
In this week's episode we’ll learn more about the ASCEND study, which investigated first-line asciminib in chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia; a new risk score for myeloid neoplasm transformation in patients with clonal cytopenia of undetermined significance; and use of RHD g ... Show More
21m 19s
Sep 2024
Episode 79: Transfusion reactions with Joe Chaffin
We discuss transfusion reactions, risks, and management, including infection, consent, TRALI, TACO, and hemolytic reactions—with Dr. Joe Chaffin (@bloodbankguy), the “Blood Bank Guy” and transfusion medicine specialist. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon ... Show More
55m 54s
Oct 2025
Thalassemia in Pediatric Hematology
Join us for a vital conversation on thalassemia in pediatric hematology with Drs. Sujit Sheth and Ashutosh Lal. Thalassemia is one of the most common inherited blood disorders in children globally, especially in populations from the Mediterranean, Middle East, South Asia, and Afr ... Show More
19m 21s
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In this episode, we discuss the acute management of the bleeding patient with hemophilia including factor replacement. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Contents:</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">- Factor replaceme ... Show More
