ABC of transfusion
By: edited by Marcela Contreras.
Contributors: Contreras, Marcela.
Edition: 4th ed.
Series: ABC series; ABC series (Malden, Mass.)
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405156462
Subjects: Blood -- Transfusion; Blood Transfusion
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The blood donor: demographics, donor selection and tests on donor blood / Liz Caffrey, Pat Hewitt and John Barbara; title: Supply and demand for blood and blood components, and stock management / Judith Chapman, Peter Garwood, Sue Knowles; title: Compatibility testing before transfusion and blood ordering policies / Marcela Contreras and Alek Mijovic; title: Transfusion of red cells / Mike Murphy and Jonathan Wallis; title: Platelet and granulocyte transfusions / Dupe Elebute, Simon Stanworth and Cristina Navarrete; title: Haemolytic disease of the newborn and its prevention / Sailesh Kumar, Fiona Regan and Marcela Contreras; title: Fetal and neonatal transfusion / Helen New and Sailesh Kumar; title: Plasma, plasma products and indications for their use (to include plasma exchange) / Hannah Cohen, Sam Machin, and Trevor Baglin; title: Human albumin solutions and the controversy of crystalloids versus colloids / Neil Soni; title: The treatment of massive haemorrhage: in surgery and in trauma / Tim Walsh and Alastair Nimmo; title: Immunological complications of transfusion / Marcela Contreras and Cristina Navarrete; title: Infectious complications of blood transfusion: bacteria and parasites / John Barbara and Marcela Contreras; title: Infectious complications of blood transfusion: viruses / John Barbara and Marcela Contreras; title: vCJD and its impact on the UK blood supply / Pat Hewitt, James Ironside and Marcela Contreras; title: Risks of transfusion in the context of haemovigilance. SHOT: the UK haemovigilance system / Dorothy Stainsby and Hannah Cohen; title: Alternatives to allogeneic blood transfusion including autologous transfusion / Dafydd Thomas, Beverley Hunt and Marcela Contreras; title: Blood substitutes / Kenneth C. Lowe; title: Appropriate use of blood and better blood transfusion / Mike Murphy; title: Cellular and immunotherapies / Alek Mijovic, Derwood Pamphilon and Suzanne Watt; title: Blood transfusion in a regulatory environment and the EU directive / Shubha Allard, Clare Taylor and Angela Robinson.