Progress and Challenges in Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Hemotherapy : State of the Art 41st Congress of the German Society for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Düsseldorf, September 2008

by Scharf, Rudiger E.

• ISBN13: 9783805586597
• ISBN10: 3805586590
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: KARGER, S. PUBLISHERS INC

Summary

Modern transfusion medicine is sophisticated hemotherapy. Cellular and humoral blood components can be relevant in virtually every disease, either as a primary determinant in pathophysiology or as a victim of collateral damage, e.g. during treatment with cytostatic drugs, or as crucial substrates in replacement and hemostasis-navigated hemotherapy. With its interdisciplinary approach modern hemotherapy is a paragon of translational research bridging the bench-to-bedside gap in biomedicine. The state-of-the-art contributions collected here aim to stimulate lively discussions ' not only among blood center professionals but also with blood and vascular biologists, hematologists, immunologists, anesthesiologists, intensive care specialists, surgeons, cardiologists, nephrologists, rheumatologists, and pulmonary and infectious disease specialists.