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Handbook of Transfusion Medicine

Hillyer, Christopher; Hillyer, Krista L.; Strobl, Frank; Jefferies, Leigh; Silberstein, Leslie

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Table of contents
  • Handbook of Transfusion Medicineiii
  • Copyright Pageiv
  • Contentsv
  • Contributorsix
  • Prefacexi
  • Acknowledgmentsxiii
  • List of Abbreviationsxv
  • SECTION I: BLOOD COLLECTION, TESTING, AND PROCESSING1
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to Blood Donors and Donation3
  • Chapter 2. Infectious Disease Testing11
  • Chapter 3. Component Preparation and Storage19
  • SECTION II: BLOOD COMPONENTS27
  • Chapter 4. Packed Red Blood Cells and Related Products29
  • Chapter 5. Fresh Frozen Plasma and Related Products39
  • Chapter 6. Cryoprecipitate and Related Products47
  • Chapter 7. Platelets and Related Products53
  • Chapter 8. Granulocytes63
  • Chapter 9. Coagulation Factor Concentrates69
  • Chapter 10. Albumin, Gamma Globulin, and Related Derivatives79
  • SECTION III: RED BLOOD CELL ANTIGENS AND ANTIBODIES89
  • Chapter 11. Red Blood Cell Antigens and Human Blood Groups91
  • Chapter 12. Pretransfusion Compatibility Testing107
  • Chapter 13. Special Investigations in the Workup of Unexpected Antibodies and Blood Group Incompatib115
  • SECTION IV: SPECIALIZED COMPONENT PROCESSING OR TESTING123
  • Chapter 14. Leukoreduced Products125
  • Chapter 15. CMV and Other Virus-Safe Products129
  • Chapter 16. Irradiated Components137
  • Chapter 17. Washed and Volume-Reduced Components143
  • SECTION V: HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS AND RELATED CELLULAR PRODUCTS147
  • Chapter 18. Bone-Marrow-Derived Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells149
  • Chapter 19. Peripheral-Blood-Derived Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells161
  • Chapter 20. Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells171
  • Chapter 21. Mononuclear Cell Preparations179
  • SECTION VI: SPECIALIZED TRANSFUSION SITUATIONS187
  • Chapter 22. Approach to Acute Bleeding and Massive Transfusion189
  • Chapter 23. Evaluation of the Bleeding Patient197
  • Chapter 24. Approach to the Platelet Refractory Patient209
  • Chapter 25. Approach to Transfusion in Obstetrics: Maternal and Fetal Considerations221
  • Chapter 26. Transfusion Management of Infants and Children231
  • Chapter 27. Approach to the Immunocompromised Patient237
  • SECTION VII: TRANSFUSION REACTIONS245
  • Chapter 28. Acute and Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions247
  • Chapter 29. Febrile Nonhemolytic Transfusion Reactions253
  • Chapter 30. Allergic Transfusion Reactions259
  • Chapter 31. Other Noninfectious Complications of Transfusion263
  • SECTION VIII: INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS OF TRANSFUSION273
  • Chapter 32. Hepatitis275
  • Chapter 33. CMV and Other Herpesviruses285
  • Chapter 34. HIV and HTLV293
  • Chapter 35. Other Transfusion-Transmitted Infections301
  • Chapter 36. Bacterial Contamination of Blood Products307
  • SECTION IX: THERAPEUTIC APHERESIS313
  • Chapter 37. Overview and Practical Aspects of Therapeutic Apheresis315
  • Chapter 38. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Rationales and Indications323
  • Chapter 39. Therapeutic Cytapheresis: Red Blood Cell Exchange, Leukapheresis, and Thrombocytopheresi333
  • SECTION X: CONSENT, QUALITY, AND RELATED ISSUES343
  • Chapter 40. Informed Consent for Transfusion345
  • Chapter 41. Home Transfusion349
  • Chapter 42. Lookback and Recipient Notification, and Product Recalls and Withdrawls355
  • Chapter 43. Process Improvement: One Essential of a Quality System359
  • Subject Index363
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780123487759
  • ISBN-13 9780080533254
  • Author Hillyer, Christopher; Hillyer, Krista L.; Strobl, Frank; Jefferies, Leigh; Silberstein, Leslie
  • Category Medical
  • Subject Hematology

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Handbook of Transfusion Medicine is unique in that it provides a comprehensive and practical description of all blood products and blood cell types currently used in transfusions, their appropriate applications, pathophysiology of conditions managed by transfusion, and pathophysiology of adverse reactions. Each chapter follows a standard format including numerous tables and algorithms, with summary elements highlighted throughout by a second-color for quick reference.

Sections Include:
* Blood collection and testing
* Blood component description
* Preparation and usage
* Red blood cell antigens and antibodies
* Specialized component processing
* Specialized transfusion situations
* Transfusion-transmitted diseases
* Transfusion reactions
* Infectious complications of transfusion
* Therapeutic apheresis and quality
* Acute bleeding and massive transfusion
* Transfusion of the patient with a coagulopathy
* Transfusion of obstetrics, pediatric, immunocompromised, and platelet refractory patients
* Up-to-date references to all aspects of transfusion medicine