Transfusion Medicine in Practice

MB Desmond, MB Duguid, MD Goodnough, MB Desmond, MB Duguid, MD Goodnough, Michael J Desmond, MB, MRCP, Jennifer Duguid, MB, FRCPath, Lawrence Tim Goodnough, MD

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781841842042
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000144475
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Emergency Medicine & Critical Care

Transfusion Medicine in Practice focuses on the clinical applications of transfusion, discussing the different settings in which transfusion is carried out, including surgery, transplant, trauma, intensive care, and paediatric neonatal and obstetric cases. The text also includes a full discussion of transfusion products and how to use them, pharmacologic products as an alternative to blood, and transfusion service management. This practical text on the clinical practice of transfusion will be an invaluable resource for all those involved in the use of blood and blood products.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• 1. Hospital transfusion practice Frank E Boulton
• 2. Transfusion products Susan Knowles
• 3. Blood transfusion in patients requiring long-term support Aleksandar Mijovic
• 4. Transfusion support in transplantation Darrell J Triulzi, Ileana López-Plaza
• 5. Blood and blood component use in cardiac surgery or ‘why do cardiac surgical patients bleed?’ Robert R Jeffrey, Michael J Desmond
• 6. Surgical transfusion: Non-cardiac Lawrence Tim Goodnough, Terri G Monk
• 7. Major obstetric haemorrhage Simon Bricker
• 8. Paediatric and neonatal transfusions Paula HB Bolton-Maggs
• 9. Transfusion practice in resuscitation and critical illness Gary Masterson
• 10. Pharmacologic alternatives to blood Lawrence Tim Goodnough
• 11. Congenital and acquired disorders of coagulation Jeanne M Lusher, Roshni Kulkarni
• 12. Therapeutic apheresis Mark E Brecher
• 13. Transfusion service management James P AuBuchon, Dafydd W Thomas
• Index