Transfusion Medicine

by Jeffrey McCullough

Overview

Transfusion Medicine provides a concise, clinically focused and practical approach to the field of blood banking and transfusion therapy written by international expert, Jeffrey McCullough MD.

• Concise, approachable, yet comprehensive approach to the field of transfusion medicine and blood banking
• Offers extensive guidance on important topics such as; donor recruitment, blood collection and storage, donor testing and clinical uses of blood components, techniques of administration of blood components, complications of transfusion, transmissible diseases, the HLA system, and many more
• Provides new content on patient blood management systems, the changing indications for red cell transfusion, new transmissible disease agents, management of massive blood loss, pathogen reduced blood components, therapeutic apheresis including photopheresis, management of massive transfusion and new cellular therapies.
• Discusses global blood supply and US blood supply organizations and their consolidation and reorganization 
• Reviews other topics of current interest, such as mitigation strategies for TRALI prevention, effects of storage of blood on adverse effects, management of massive blood loss and massive transfusion protocols pathogen inactivation, and granulocyte transfusion 
• Extensively referenced for further study 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119236528
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/27/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	616
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Jeffrey McCullough MD, Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Dr. McCullough is an international leader in research and practice of transfusion medicine blood banking and blood safety. He is a former editor of the journal Transfusion and has published more than 300 articles in the medical literature involving a wide range of issues in transfusion medicine and blood banking. Recently his research has focused on clinical trials involving transfusion medicine especially of pathogen inactivated blood; and blood donation and blood banking practices in developing countries.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition, vi

Chapter 1 History, 1

Chapter 2 The Blood Supply, 13

Chapter 3 Recruitment of Blood Donors, 28

Chapter 4 Blood Donor Medical Assessment and Blood Collection, 41

Chapter 5 Preparation, Storage, and Characteristics of Blood Components and Plasma Derivatives, 67

Chapter 6 Patient Blood Management, 100

Chapter 7 Production of Components by Apheresis, 122

Chapter 8 Laboratory Testing of Donated Blood, 149

Chapter 9 Blood Groups, 173

Chapter 10 Laboratory Detection of Blood Groups and Provision of Red Cells, 210

Chapter 11 Clinical Uses of Blood Components, 242

Chapter 12 Transfusion Therapy in Specific Clinical Situations, 304

Chapter 13 Techniques of Blood Transfusion, 360

Chapter 14 Complications of Transfusion, 377

Chapter 15 Transfusion?]Transmitted Diseases, 412

Chapter 16 The HLA System in Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation, 446

Chapter 17 Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Transfusion Medicine, 474

Chapter 18 Cellular Engineering for the Production of New Blood Components, 492

Chapter 19 Therapeutic Apheresis, 521

Chapter 20 Quality Programs in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine, 560

Index, 578

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Michele D. Raible, MD, PharmD (Loyola University Medical Center)
Description: This softcovered text covers transfusion medicine subjects including history, the U.S. blood supply system and donor issues, component production and use, immunohematology, and transfusion techniques and complications. Additional chapters discuss hematopoietic growth factors in transfusion medicine, cellular engineering for the production of new blood components, and therapeutic apheresis, and an appendix addresses quality programs.
Purpose: It is intended to be a concise yet comprehensive alternative to larger, more extensive textbooks.
Audience: The intended audience includes those working in transfusion medicine, as well as those using blood, such as hematologists and oncologists, pathologists, surgeons, and anesthesiologists. Other potential readers include hematology or oncology fellows, technologists working in the field, or others in educational positions wanting to learn more about transfusion medicine.
Features: The book features 19 chapters and an appendix that are written by the author (with the exception of "The HLA System in Transfusion Medicine"). Chapters on the history of transfusion, the blood supply system, and recruitment of blood donors provide an interesting introduction for readers unfamiliar with these areas. References are current and extensive. Illustrations and graphs are clear and appropriate and tables are uncomplicated and informative.
Assessment: This new text fills a niche in blood banking and transfusion medicine references, providing a reasonably priced, compact volume for physicians and others interested in the area but who do not need a more extensive textbook. Virtually every area of transfusion medicine is represented. The text flows smoothly, probably due to the consistency of a single author, with little overlap or duplication. This book provides a welcome alternative to the available publications in the field.

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