Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery

Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery
ISBN-10
111855471X
ISBN-13
9781118554715
Category
Medical
Pages
376
Language
English
Published
2014-08-01
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Nicolas Jabbour

Description

This book aims to be a guide to the practice of blood conservation. The first chapter discusses the legal and administrative aspects of bloodless medicine describing the legal principles and practical issues relatd to refusal of transfusion. The second is on balancing the risks and benefits of transfusion includes clinical vignettes of appropriate and inappropriate transfusion. The remainder of the book covers the principles and practice of bloodless medicine, including a chapter on the scientific issues of haemostasis and the investigation of bleeding idsorders. The book concludes with chapters on blood conservation in neonatal and paediatric surgery, the costs associated with blood transfusion and the quest for artifical blood. New chapters will be included to address blood utilization in oncology and geriatric patients.

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