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Rossi′s Principles of Transfusion Medicine is the most comprehensive and practical reference on transfusion science and medicine available. It features brand new chapters on the measurement of cell kinetics, obstetric transfusion practice, cord blood, transfusion alternatives, regenerative medicine. Produced jointly with AABB, the world′s leading association in the fields of blood banking and transfusion medicine, it now has two companion CD–ROMs–one containing interactive case studies and one containing PDFs of all 66 chapters.

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Rossi′s Principles of Transfusion Medicine is the most comprehensive and practical reference on transfusion science and medicine available. It features brand new chapters on the measurement of cell kinetics, obstetric transfusion practice, cord blood, transfusion alternatives, regenerative medicine. Produced jointly with AABB, the world′s leading association in the fields of blood banking and transfusion medicine, it now has two companion CD–ROMs–one containing interactive case studies and one containing PDFs of all 66 chapters.

Contents:

Contributors.

Preface.

1 Transfusion in the New Millennium: Ennio C. Rossi and Toby L.Simon.

Section I. Blood Components and Derivatives.

Part I. Red Blood Cells.

2 Red Cell Production and Kinetics: Mark J. Koury.

3 Regulation of Oxygen Delivery by Red Cells and Red CellSubstitutes: Christopher P. Stowell.

4 Red Blood Cell Metabolism and Preservation: Bjarte G. Solheimand John R. Hess.

5 Red Cell Immunology and Compatibility Testing: W. JohnJudd.

6 Carbohydrate Blood Groups: Eldad A. Hod, Patrice Spitalnik andSteven L. Spitalnik.

7 Rh and LW Blood Groups: Connie M. Westhoff and Don L.Siegel.

8 Other Protein Blood Groups: Petr Jarolim.

9 Anemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusion: Jeffrey L. Carson andPaul C. Hébert.

Part II. Platelets.

10 Platelet Production, Kinetics, and Hemostasis: Henry M.Rinder and Aaron Tomer.

11 Platelet Immunology and Alloimmunization: Brian R Curtis andJanice G. McFarland.

12 Preparation, Preservation, and Storage of PlateletConcentrates: Ralph R. Vassallo, Jr.

13 Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Transfusio: Peter W. Marks.

Part III. White Blood Cells.

14 Neutrophil Production and Kinetics: Neutropenia andNeutrophilia: Thomas H. Price.

15 Neutrophil Collection and Transfusion: Ronald G. Strauss.

16 Leukocyte–Reduced Blood Components: Laboratory and ClinicalAspects: Darrell J. Triulzi and Walter H. Dzik.

Part IV. Plasma.

17 Composition and Mechanisms of Blood Coagulation andFibrinolysis: Peter Hellstern.

18 Immunoglobulins: Urs E. Nydegger.

19 Preparation and Use of Plasma Derivatives: Toby L. Simon,Kirsten Seidel and Albrecht Gröner.

20 Plasma Transfusion and Use of Albumin: Simon J. Stanworth andAlan T. Tinmouth.

Part V. Cell Kinetics.

21 Applications of Cellular Radiolabeliing in TransfusionMedicine: Larry J. Dumont, James P. AuBuchon and Richard J.Davey).

Section II. Clinical Practice.

Part I. Medical Patients.

22 Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and Paroxysmal NocturalHemoglobinuria: Thomas P. Duffy.

23 Management of Immune Thrombocytopenias: Donald M. Arnold,James W. Smith and Theodore Warkentin.

24 Bleeding from Acquired Coagulation Defects and AntithromboticTherapy: Thomas J. Raife, Jeffry S. Rose and Steven R. Lentz.

Part II. Obstetric and Pediatric Patients.

25 Fetal and Neonatal Hematopoiesis: Robert D. Christensen andMartha C. Sola–Visner.

26 Obstetric Transfusion Practice: Humphrey H.H. Kanhai, JosJ.M. van Roosmalen and Anneke Brand.

27 Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn: Bjarte G. Solheim andMorten Grönn.

28 Congenital Disorders of Clotting Proteins and HypercoagulableStates in Pediatrics: Linda J. Butros and Prasad Mathew.

29 Management of Congenital Hemolytic Anemias: Bruce I.Sharon.

30 Blood Component Transfusions for Infants: Ronald G.Strauss.

Part III. Oncology Patients.

31 Transfusion Support for the Oncology Patient: Christopher A.Tormey and Edward L. Snyder.

32 Hematopoietic Growth Factors (Cytokines): W. Conrad Liles andDavid C. Dale.

33 Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells: Biology and Processing:Thomas Leemhuis and Ronald A. Sacher.

34 Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells: Autologous Transplantation:Hooman H. Rashidi and Scott D. Rowley.

35 Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells: Allogeneic Transplantation:Amin M. Alousi and Sergio A. Giralt.

36Umbilical Cord Blood: A Reliable Source of Stem and ProgenitorCells for Human Transplantation: Suhag H. Parikh and JoanneKurtzberg.

Part IV. Surgery Patients.

37 Alternatives to Transfusion: Perioperative Blood Management:Lynne Uhl.

38 Blood Components to Achieve Hemostasis for Surgery andInvasive Procedures: Walter H Dzik.

39 Transfusion Therapy in the Care of Trauma and Burn Patients:Ellen C. Omi and Richard L. Gamelli.

40 Transfusion Therapy in Solid–Organ Transplantation: GlennRamsey.

Section III. Apheresis.

41 Apheresis: Principles and Technology of Hemapheresis: RonaldO. Gilcher and James W. Smith.

42 Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Bruce C. McLeod.

43 Specialized Therapeutic Hemapheresis and Phlebotomy: RobertWeinstein.

Section IV. Hazards of Transfusion.

Part I – Hemovigilance.

44 Overview of Hemovigilance: Dorothy Stainsby, Jean–ClaudeFaber and Jan Jørgensen.

45 Immunomodulatory and Proinflammatory Effects of AllogeneicBlood Tranfusion: Eleftherios C. Vamvakas, José O. Bordin andMorris A. Blajchman.

Part II. Infectious Hazards of Transfusion.

46 Transfusion–Transmitted Hepatitis: Harvey J. Alter and JuanI. Esteban–Mur.

47 Retroviruses and Other Viruses: John A. J. Barbara and BrianDow.

48 Transfusion Transmission of Parasites: Bryan R. Spencer.

49 Bacterial Contamination of Blood Products: Yara A. Park andMark E. Brecher.

50 Prion Diseases: Marc L. Turner.

51 Pathogen Inactivation: Bjarte G. Solheim and JerardSeghatchian.

Part III – Noninfectious Hazards.

52 Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions: Robertson D. Davenport.

53 Febrile, Allergic, and Nonimmune Transfusion Reactions:Gregory J. Pomper.

54 Transfusion–Associated Graft–vs–Host Disease: John E. Levineand James L. M. Ferrara.

55 Tranfusional Iron Overload: Sujit Sheth.

56 Transfusion–Related Acute Lung Injury: Jonathan P. Wallis andUlrich J. H. Sachs.

Section V. Cell and Tissue Therapy.

57 HLA Antigens and Alleles: Thomas M. Williams.

58 Tissue Banking: Jeanne V. Linden, William F. Zaloga and A.Bradley Eisenbrey.

59 Adoptive Immunotherapy: Catherine M. Bollard and HelenHeslop.

60 Gene Therapy in Transfusion Medicine: Emanuela M. Bruscia andDiane S. Krause.

61 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: Clay Quint andLaura Niklason.

Section VI. Delivery of Transfusion and TransplantationServices.

62 Recruitment and Screening of Donors and the Collection,Processing, and Testing of Blood: Kendall P Crookston, Susan L.Wilkinson and Toby L. Simon.

63 Current Legal Issues in Transfusion Medicine: Edward M.Mansfield, Thomas K. Berg, Kurt A. Leiheit, John Parker Sweeny andP. Robert Rigney.

64 Current Good Manufacturing Practice: P Ann Hoppe and SherylA. Kochman.

65 Transplant Organizations and Networks in the Regulation ofCellular Therapy Programs: Dennis L. Confer.

66 Hospital Transfusion Committee and Quality Assurance: PamelaClark and Paul D. Mintz.

Index.

Companion PC and Mac Compatible CD–ROMs.

CD–ROM 1: All chapters of the book with a full text searchfunction.

CD–ROM 2: Cases.

1 Posttransfusion Hemolysis: Marian Petrides and Nicole A.Pele.

2 Child with Low Fibrinogen: Marian Petrides and DonnaCastellone.

3 Head Injury, Sudden Dyspnea: Marian Petrides.

4 A Transfusion Fatality: Marian Petrides.

5 Platelet Refractoriness: Marian Petrides.

6 An Unexpected Panagglutinin: Marian Petrides.

7 Postsurgical Bleeding: Marian Petrides.

8 Jehovah′s Witness Surgery: Christopher P. Stowell and MarianPetrides.

9 Delayed Fever and Dark Urine: Marian Petrides.

10 Fever in Neutropenic Child: Marian Petrides and Dava S.Cleveland–Noriega