Topics include:: A Critical re-appraisal of Factor VIIa; Thrombocytopenia:: Hit vs non-HIT causes; Transfusion Reactions:: Newer concepts on the pathophysiology, incidence, treatment and prevention of TRALI; The utility of diagnostic scoring systems for DIC; Newer anticoagulants; Anemia in the ICU; The role of plasmapheresis in critical illness; The use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in the ICU; and Coagulopathy in the ICU:: DIC vs Liver disease. Is this distinction important?