ABC of transfusion

This title is a comprehensive guide that covers all practical aspects of transfusion and provides full background knowledge for all those in the medical profession who use blood.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Contreras, Marcela (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell , c2009
Edition:4th ed
Series:ABC series
Subjects:

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. The blood donor: demographics, donor selection and tests on donor blood -- 2. Supply and demand for blood and blood components, and stock management -- 3. Compatibility testing before transfusion; blood ordering and administration -- 4. Red cells transfusion -- 5. Platelet and granulocyte transfusions -- 6. Haemolytic disease of the newborn and its prevention -- 7. Fetal and neonatal transfusion -- 8. Plasma products and indications for their use -- 9. Human albumin solutions and the controversy of crystalloids versus colloids -- 10. Treatment of massive haemorrhage in surgery and trauma -- 11. Immunological complications of blood transfusion -- 12. Infectious complications of blood transfusion: bacteria and parasites -- 13. Infectious complications of blood transfusion: viruses -- 14. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and its impact on the UK blood supply -- 15. Risks of transfusion in the context of haemovigilance. SHOT: the UK haemovigilance system -- 16. Alternatives to allogeneic blood transfusion -- 17. Blood substitutes and oxygen therapeutics -- 18. Appropriate use of blood and better blood transfusion -- 19. Stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies -- 20. Blood transfusion in a regulatory environment and the EU directive 
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