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.
By:
Jeffrey McCullough
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 5th Edition
Dimensions:
Height: 252mm,
Width: 177mm,
Spine: 29mm
Weight: 1.212kg
ISBN: 9781119599531
ISBN 10: 1119599539
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 14 April 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contributors vii Preface ix Chapter 1 History 1 Jeffrey McCullough Chapter 2 The Blood Supply 11 Jeffrey McCullough Chapter 3 Recruitment of Blood Donors 25 Thomas Watkins Chapter 4 Blood Donor Medical Assessment, Collection, and Complications 37 Gary Bachowski Chapter 5 Preparation, Storage, and Characteristics of Whole Blood, Blood Components, and Plasma Derivatives 59 Alesia Kaplan Chapter 6 Production of Components by Apheresis 90 Thomas Gniadek Chapter 7 Laboratory Testing of Donated Blood 111 Nancy Van Buren Chapter 8 Blood Groups 135 Sarah J. Ilstrup Chapter 9 Laboratory Detection of Blood Groups and Provision of Red Cells 168 Ulrike F. Koenigbauer Chapter 10 Clinical Uses of Blood Components 197 Vincent Laroche and Isabelle Blais-Normandin Chapter 11 Transfusion Therapy in Specific Clinical Situations 257 James Stubbs, Allan Klompas, and Leanne Thalji Chapter 12 Patient Blood Management 325 Jeffrey McCullough Chapter 13 Pediatric Transfusion Medicine 343 Stephanie Kinney Chapter 14 Pathogen Reduced Blood Products 359 Jeffrey McCullough Chapter 15 Techniques of Blood Transfusion 376 Randal Covin Chapter 16 Complications of Transfusion 39 Scott Koepsell Chapter 17 Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases 422 Jeffrey McCullough Chapter 18 The HLA System in Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation 453 S. Yoon Choo Chapter 19 Cellular Engineering: Hematopoietic Transplant, Immune Cell Therapy, and Regenerative Medicine 477 David H. McKenna and David F. Stroncek Chapter 20 Therapeutic Apheresis 500 Ramkrishna L. Reddy Chapter 21 Quality Programs in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine 541 Kristin M. Mascotti Index 556
Jeffrey McCullough, MD, is an international leader in transfusion medicine with experience in hospital transfusion service and blood supply organizations. He has been the recipient of many federal grants and contracts, and has been involved in advisory capacities to government and industry organizations both domestically and internationally. He served as editor of the journal Transfusion and has published more than 350 articles in medical literature. He is Emeritus Professor at the University of Minnesota and Adjunct Professor at the Arizona State University.
