Main description:

Offering a concise overview of transfusion medicine, including best practices for specific clinical settings, this practical resource by Dr. Robert W. Maitta covers the key information you need to know. Holistic, multidisciplinary coverage and a succinct, easy-to-read format make it essential reading for transfusion specialists, as well as practitioners in other specialties whose patients undergo blood transfusions.

Covers the latest advancements in transfusion therapies, hematopoietic stem cells, infectious and non-infectious complications of transfusions, and future directions in transfusion medicine.
Discusses special populations, including organ transplant patients; pediatric, obstetric, and geriatric patients; and patients undergoing emergency care.
Consolidates fundamental clinical concepts and current practice of transfusion medicine into one convenient resource.

Contents:

Clinical Principles of Transfusion Medicine, 1e

Quality Concepts in Transfusion Medicine
Regulatory Oversight and Accreditation of Transfusion and Collection Services
Whole Blood and Apheresis Donor Eligibility and Deferrals
ABO and Rh Groups
Common Significant Alloantibodies
Pre-Transfusion Testing
Indications and Dosing of Transfusion of Blood Components
Non-Infectious Complications of Transfusions: Alloimmunization and Adverse Reactions
Infectious Complications of Transfusion of Blood Components
Transfusion Support in Emergencies
Transfusion Medicine in Pediatric Settings
Transfusion Medicine in Obstetrics and Prenatal Patients
Transfusion Approaches in the Transplanted Patient
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Collections and Cellular Therapies
Therapeutic Apheresis
New Concepts in Transfusion Medicine
Future Challenges to Transfusion Practices