Transfusion Medicine, Fifth Edition

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Explore this concise and clinically focused approach to the field of blood banking and transfusion therapy  

The Fifth Edition of Transfusion Medicine delivers a succinct, thorough, clinically focused, practical and authoritative treatment of a full range of topics in transfusion therapy. This ranges from issues with the blood supply, recruitment of both whole blood and apheresis donors, blood collection and storage, blood testing, blood safety, and transmissible diseases. This edition has been fully updated and revised to include exciting cellular therapies for cancer, transplantation of both hematopoietic cells and solid organs, infectious diseases and regenerative medicine.       

The Fifth Edition includes new authors with highly relevant content that provides a solid grounding for readers in the field. The book:  

Is an approachable comprehensive guide to the field of blood banking and transfusion medicine 

Provides complete and timely perspective on  crucial topics, including the HLA system in transfusion medicine and transplantation and quality programs in blood banking and transfusion medicine 

Is extensively referenced, making it simple for readers to conduct further research on the topics of interest to them  

Includes new chapters on pediatric transfusion medicine and pathogen reduction  

Has an expended chapter on patient blood management 

Provides extensive discussions of the clinical use of blood transfusion in a wide variety of clinical situations including recent development In the management of acute traumatic blood loss   

Provides updated information about blood groups and molecular testing making inroads into clinical practice along with discussions of laboratory detection of blood groups and provision of red cells  

Perfect for all those working in the field of blood banking, transfusion medicine and hematology or oncology and fellows in pathology, hematology, surgery and anesthesiology. Transfusion Medicine is a good introduction for technologists specializing in blood banking and non-medical personnel working in areas related to hematology and transfusion medicine. Transfusion Medicine will also earn a place in the libraries of practicing pathologists with responsibility for  blood banks. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface to the fifth edition

Contributors

Chapter 1 History

Jeffrey McCullough

Chapter 2 The Blood Supply

Jeffrey McCullough

Chapter 3 Recruitment of Blood Donors

Thomas Watkins

Chapter 4 Blood Donor Medical Assessment and Blood Collection

Gary Bachawoski

Chapter 5 Preparation, Storage, and Characteristics of Blood Components and Plasma Derivatives

Alesia Kaplan

Chapter 6 Production of Components by Apheresis

Tomas Gniadek

Chapter 7 Laboratory Testing of Donated Blood

Nancy van Buren

Chapter 8 Blood Groups

Sarah Ilstrup

Chapter 9 Laboratory Detection of Blood Groups and Provision of Red Cells

Ulrike Koenigbaur

Chapter 10 Clinical Uses of Blood Components

Vincent LaRoche

Chapter 11 Transfusion Therapy in Specific Clinical Situations

James Stubbs

Chapter 12 Pediatric Transfusion Medicine

Stephanie Kinney

Chapter 13 Patient Blood Management

Jeffrey McCullough

Chapter 14 Pathogen Reduced Blood Products

Jeffrey McCullough

Chapter 15 Techniques of Blood Transfusion

Randy Covin

Chapter 16 Complications of Transfusion

Scott Koepsell

Chapter 17 Transfusion‐Transmitted Diseases

Jeffrey McCullough

Chapter 18 The HLA System in Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation

Yoon Choo

Chapter 19 Cellular Engineering for the Production of Blood Components

David Stroncek, David McKenna 

Chapter 20 Therapeutic Apheresis

Ram Reddy

Chapter 21 Quality Programs in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine

Kristin Mascotti