Full Description
This new reference offer readers today's most practical approach to blood banking and transfusion medicine. It examines new advances in molecular genetics and the scientific mechanisms underlying the field ...and explains their applications in clinical practice. A consistent chapter organization and nearly 500 crisp illustrations make this resource exceptionally easy to use.
Contents
Evolution to the 21st Century ABO and Related Antigens Rh Clinically Significant Antigens Other Antigens Platelet Antigens HLA and Granulycte Antigens Information to Blood Donors and Donation Informed Consent Lookback Investigations Product Recall/Withdrawal Quality Improvement/Control Component Preparation and Storage Infectious Disease Testing Packed RBCs and Related Products Fresh Frozen Plasma and Related Products Cryoprecipitate and Related Products Albumin, lvlg and Derivatives Platelets and Related Products Granulocytes Coagulation Factor Preparations Leukocyte Reduced Products Virus-Safe Products Irradiated Products Washed/Volume Reduced Products Blood Substitutes Alternative to Allogeneic Transfusion Red Blood Cell Transfusion and the Transfusion Trigger Transfusion in the Surgical Setting Transfusion of the Patient with Congenitally Coagulation Defects Transfusion of the Patient with Acquired Coagulation Defect Obstetric and Intrauterine Transfusion Transfusion of the Neonate and Pediatric Patient Transfusion of the Hemoglobinopathies Transfusion to Bone Marrow Transplant, Organ Transplant Recipient, and HIV+ Patients Transfusion of the Platelet Refactory Patient Transfusion of the Hemolytic Anemias Bone Marrow Transplantation Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Mononuclear Cell Preparations Complication of Cellular Therapy Acute Transfusion Reactions Delayed Febrile Transfusion Reactions Allergic Transfusion Reactions Other Non-Infectious Complication Immunomodulation 48a. Microchimerism and GVHD Hepatitis A, B, and other Non-A, Non-B, Non-C Viruses Hepatitis C HIV HTLV and Other Retroviruses Human Herpes Virus Infections Bacterial Infections Additional Infectious Complications Practical, Technical and Adverse Reaction Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Cytapheresi
