Practical transfusion medicine [electronic book] / edited by Michael F. Murphy and Derwood H. Pamphilon.
Contributor(s): Murphy, Michael F. (Michael Furber) [editor]
| Pamphilon, Derwood H [editor].
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BookPublisher: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Third editon.Description: online resource (xvii, 555 pages) : illustrations (some color).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781405181969 (hardback); 9781444311754 (e-book).Subject(s): Blood -- TransfusionDDC classification: 615.39 Online resources: E-book
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This new edition of the comprehensive guide to transfusion medicine is now fully revised and updated. The Third Edition includes two new sections, one on alternatives to blood transfusion, and one on cellular and tissues therapy and organ transplantation. It focuses on clinical aspects but also covers background science and organizational issues. This timely volume highlights controversial issues and provides advice for everyday clinical questions in transfusion medicine. Practical Transfusion Medicine, Third Edition, is an essential manual for all those working in modern transfusion medicine.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.: Dawson Books. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Ch 1 Recent evolution of transfusion medicine
- Part 1 Basic principles of immunohaematology
- Ch 2 Essential immunology for transfusion medicine
- Ch 3 Human blood group systems
- Ch 4 Human leucocyte antigens
- Ch 5 Platelet and neutrophil antigens
- Part 2 Complications of transfusion
- Ch 6 Approach to the investigation and management of transfusion reactions
- Ch 7 Haemolytic transfusion reactions
- Ch 8 Febrile and allergic transfusion reactions
- Ch 9 Transfusion-related acute lung injury
- Ch 10 Transfusion-related immunomodulation
- Ch 11 Micro-chimerism and transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease
- Ch 12 Post-tranfusion purpura
- Ch 13 Tranfusion-transmitted infections
- Ch 14 Bacterial contamination
- Ch 15 Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Ch 16 Emerging infections and transfusion safety
- Part 3 Practice in blood centres and hospitals
- Ch 17 Regulatory aspects of blood transfusion
- Ch 18 The role of haemovigilance in transfusion safety
- Ch 19 Donors and blood collection
- Ch 20 Blood donation testing and the safety of the blood supply
- Ch 21 Production and storage of blood components
- Ch 22 Medicolegal aspects of transfusion practice
- Ch 23 Blood transfusion in hospitals
- Ch 24 Blood transfusion in a global context
- Part 4 Clinical transfusion practice
- Ch 25 Good blood management: the effective and safe use of blood components
- Ch 26 Prenatal and childhood transfusions
- Ch 27 Haematological disease
- Ch 28 Blood transfusion in the management of patients with haemoglobinopathies
- Ch 29 Massive blood loss
- Ch 30 Inherited and acquired coagulation disorders
- Ch 31 Recombinant proteins in diagnosis and therapy
- Ch 32 Immunodeficiency and immunoglobulin therapy
- Part 5 Alternatives to transfusion
- Ch 33 The principles of bloodless medicine and surgery
- Ch 34 Autologous transfusion
- Ch 35 Blood substitutes
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Michael F. Murphy MD, FRCP, FRCPathProfessor of Blood Transfusion Medicine, University of Oxford
Consultant Haematologist, NHS Blood & Transplant and Department of Haematology, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Derwood H. Pamphilon MD, MRCPCH, FRCP, FRCPath
Consultant Haematologist, NHS Blood & Transplant
Honorary Clinical Reader, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK