Clinical Practice Guideline on Blood Product Transfusion in Burn Care
This episode of the The Journal of Burn Care & Research (JBCR) Podcast features a conversation with the authors of the American Burn Association Clinical Practice Guideline on Blood Product Transfusion in Burn Care, exploring the evidence base, key recommendations, and areas of ongoinguncertainty.
The discussion highlights practical implications for burnresuscitation, operative management, and critical care, while outlining future directions for research and guideline refinement.
This episode is hosted by:
Kathleen Romanowski, MD, FACS, FCCM, FABA.
Medical Director, Burn Unit, Associate Professor ofClinical Surgery, Division of Burn Surgery, UC Davis Department of Surgery.
Guests/contributors to this podcast discussion are asfollows:
Lavrentieva Athina, MD, PhD
Director of Burn ICU. Papnikolaou Hosptial, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Robert Cartotto, MD, FRCS (C), FABA
Attending Surgeon (ret), Ross Tiley Burn Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto.
Tina Louise Palmieri, MD, FACS, MCCM, FABA
Professor In-Residence, Burn Division Chief, UC Davis Department of Surgery, Chief of Burn Surgery, Shriners Children’s Northern California.
Jeffrey Shupp, MD, FACS, FABA
Director of MedStar Washington Hospital Center Burn Center, Lead investigator at Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory. Professor of Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology at Georgetown University. Adjunct Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University.