Practical Transfusion Medicine, 2nd Edition

by Editor: Michael F. Murphy (Worldwide Clinical Trials, Atlanta, Georgia, and London, UK); Editor: Derwood H. Pamphilon (Institute of Transfusion Sciences and Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Bristol); Foreword by: David Weatherall

• ISBN13: 9781405143721
• ISBN10: 140514372X
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Essential practical manual for all those working in modern transfusion medicineWhy Buy This Book?Concise and 'user friendly' guide to transfusion medicine Provides guidance for everyday clinical questions Revised and updated throughout to reflect rapid developing areas Scope broadened by including experts from the USA

Table of Contents

û Basic Principles of transfusion

Introduction

Essential immunology for transfusion medicine

Human blood group systems

Human leucocyte antigens

Human platelet and Neurophil antigens

û Clinical transfusion practice

Good Blood management: The effective and safe use of blood components

Bleeding Associated with Trauma and Surgery

Prenatal and childhood transfusions

Haematological disease

Transfusion Strategies in Organ Transplant Patients

Inherited and acquired coagulation disorders

Uses of intravenous immunoglobulin

û Complications of transfusion

Haemolytic transfusion reactions

Febrile reactions and transfusion-related acute lung injury

Urticarial and anaphylactic reactions

Bacterial contamination

Post-transfusion purpura

Immunomodulation and graft-versus host disease

Transfusion-transmitted infection

Varient CJD

û Practice in blood centres and hospitals

Donors and blood collection

Blood Donation Testing and the Saftey of Blood Supply

Production and storage of blood components

Medicolegal aspects

Blood transfusion in hospitals

Autologous transfusion

Tissue banking

Cord Blood banking

Therapeutic apheresis

û Developments in transfusion medicine

Blood substitutes

Cytokines in Transfusion practice

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Processing and Storage

Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy

Gene therapy

Recombinant Antibodies and other Proteins

Blood Transfusion in a Global Context

The Design of Interventional Trials in Transfusion Medicine

Getting the Most out of the Evidence for Transfusion Medicine

Developments and the Future of Tranfusion Medicine: Horizon Scanning

Index

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