Lectures

Below you will find a collection of recorded video lectures given by Dr. Plapp.A summary of each lecture topic is included below as well.

Cases That Kept Me Up At Night: Case #1

Case #1:Unintentional Harm

  • 27 year old female
  • 1st pregnancy
    • RhIg given at 28 weeks gestation
    • Uneventful delivery
    • Infant petechiae & thrombocytopenia
      • Alloimmune thrombocytopenia
        • HPA-1 antibody detected
        • Platelet transfusion therapy

 

 

Cases That Kept Me Up At Night: Case #2

Case #2:Cutting Corners in the OR

  • Patient N = 83y male scheduled for CABG x 4
  • T&C for 2 RBC ordered one day prior to surgery
    • O positive with negative antibody screen
  • CVOR #1 ordered 2U RBC for Patient N
    • Units sent to CVOR via tube system
  • CVOR#2 ordered 2U RBC for patient H
    • B positive
    • Units sent to CVOR via tube system
    • 2U RBC retrieved from tube station & taken CVOR#1
    • Blood bag label not checked


Case 2:Twas the Night After Christmas

 

Cases That Kept Me Up At Night: Case #3

Case #3:Doc I Have a Black Cloud Over My Head

  • 80y male
  • Heterozygous Factor V Leiden
  • Multiple episodes of DVT & PE
  • Inferior vena cava filter
  • Coumadin therapy
  • Multiple episodes of GI bleeding
    • Nov 2007 - 2 RBC, 5 FFP
    • Dec 2008 – 15 RBC, 10 plasma, 2 platelet


Case 3:Doc I have a black cloud over my head

 

Cases That Kept Me Up At Night: Case #4

Case #4:Self Destruction

  • 70y female with past medical history of multiple sclerosis x 40y, mitral valve prolapse & DVT
  • Presented with dizziness, SOA, palpitations, nausea & UTI
  • Hb 7.7 (13.3 two months earlier)
  • Hb 6.3 day after admission
  • 2U RBC ordered

 

Cases That Kept Me Up At Night: Case #5

Case #5:A Very Expensive Retirement

  • 63y male who was previously healthy and recently retired
  • Acute onset of pain in right thigh & left calf after stretching exercises
  • Pain worsened after mowing grass
    • Right forearm involvement
    • Right upper arm ecchymosis
    • Hematuria

 

You can watch additional lectures on this YouTube page.