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.
This book aims to be the single best source for information related to any aspect or application of Transfusion Medicine.
" No need to wonder any longer. The editorial team for this edition has reorganized and refreshed the content to reflect the many changes in the transfusion medicine landscape in the intervening years.
The third edition is a must-have for anyone in the field of transfusion medicine. New this edition: Transfusion Therapy in Critical Care. Transfusion Therapy in Trauma and Massive Transfusion. Pathogen Reduction and Inactivation.
Single- sample testing is required for resolution of a reactive pool to determine which donor sample contains the ... Outside of Europe, Australia and North America, blood screening practices for transmissible diseases are variable ...
Gene, Protein, and Antigens ACHE encodes acetylcholinesterase (AChE), a glycosylphos- phatidylinositol-linked (GPI-linked) glycoprotein that exists as a dimer in the RBC membrane.73 The gene is located on chromosome 7q22 and consists of ...
All of the questions in this book were originally created by the authors of each chapter. Each question can either be standalone or part of a case scenario representing challenge cases in Transfusion Medicine, Apheresis, and Hemostasis.
This new edition of the comprehensive guide to transfusion medicine is now fully revised and updated.
The text's teaching and learning package includes an Instructor's Manual, lecture slides, and test bank.
The second edition of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis continues to be the only "pocket-size" quick reference for pathology residents and transfusion medicine fellows.
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