LearnTransfusion Series

Scientific Session: Critical Bleeding in Patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia: Developing a Rare Disease Guideline

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Toronto/Webinar

Event details

Presented by:

Emily Sirotich, PhD Candidate
McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research
McMaster University

Objectives:

  1. Learn current clinical practice recommendations for the treatment of patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP);
  2. Identify critical bleeding in patients with ITP; and
  3. Learn strategies to develop guidelines in rare diseases. 

References:

  1. Sirotich, E, Guyatt, G, Gabe, C, et al. Definition of a critical bleed in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: Communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Platelet Immunology. J Thromb Haemost. 2021; 19: 2082– 2088. https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.15368
  2. Cindy Neunert, Deirdra R. Terrell, Donald M. Arnold, George Buchanan, Douglas B. Cines, Nichola Cooper, Adam Cuker, Jenny M. Despotovic, James N. George, Rachael F. Grace, Thomas Kühne, David J. Kuter, Wendy Lim, Keith R. McCrae, Barbara Pruitt, Hayley Shimanek, Sara K. Vesely; American Society of Hematology 2019 guidelines for immune thrombocytopenia. Blood Adv 2019; 3 (23): 3829–3866. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000966
  3. Mithoowani, S, Cervi, A, Shah, N, et al. Management of major bleeds in patients with immune thrombocytopenia. J Thromb Haemost. 2020; 18: 1783– 1790. https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.14809
  4. Guyatt G H, Oxman A D, Vist G E, Kunz R, Falck-Ytter Y, Alonso-Coello P et al. GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations BMJ 2008; 336 :924 doi:10.1136/bmj.39489.470347.AD

 

Note: The session is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Registration: https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/L9AwSHv9KUaQX6QbtYaBRw,Ofl0wgwzzkCWVLaJN1ozEg,6dTLTUX2nEu-F8FE0GtYPg,KnkAkAoXq0qxdL3iS1aSlg,mdvEm7p5ZUiFoqVyp5AuOw,smvoGJhpS0e8qgb2xdrjcw?mode=read&tenantId=4830d02f-fd7b-4629-905f-a41bb5868147

To register for the LearnTransfusion series, send an email to learn.transfusion@blood.ca with  “Weekly Transfusion Medicine Seminars” in the subject line. Include your name and complete e-mail address in the body of the e-mail, and confirm that you would like to register for the LearnTransfusion series. You will then receive weekly email notifications of upcoming series events with details on how to join the webinars (e.g., call-in number and a link to register for the webinar).

The LearnTransfusion series is the seminar component of the Areas of Focused Competency (AFC)-Diploma Program in Transfusion Medicine. The series, organized by Canadian Blood Services is also open to all practitioners in the field of Transfusion Medicine. Through a series of regular webinars, trainees and practitioners are exposed to various scientific, technical and clinical aspects of transfusion medicine.