Transfusion-free medicine and surgery
This is an essential guide to the new field of transfusion-free medicine and surgery that is written by leading experts in the field. "Transfusion Free Medicine and Surgery" provides a comprehensive approach to a new paradigm shift in the field of blood management. The principles are easy...
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470994788 |
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This is an essential guide to the new field of transfusion-free medicine and surgery that is written by leading experts in the field. "Transfusion Free Medicine and Surgery" provides a comprehensive approach to a new paradigm shift in the field of blood management. The principles are easy and this platform provides an all-inclusive review of red blood cell production, oxygen delivery, coagulation and the role of blood transfusion in an intensive care setting. Controversial as it may sound, this book opens the door for ethical/legal debates, by putting them into perspective and providing answ |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (ix, 300 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9780470994788 0470994789 9781405173476 1405173475 1280747943 9781280747946 |
Index Number: | RD33 |
CLC: | R457.1 |
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Legal and administrative issues related to transfusion free medicine and surgery / Randy Henderson -- Transfusion therapy: balancing the risks and benefits / Ira A. Shulman, Katharine A. Downes -- Preoperative management and preparation for transfusion free surgery / Lawrence T. Goodnough -- Intraoperative strategies for transfusion free surgery / Joseph Tobias -- Current view of the coagulation system / Yoogoo Kang -- The physiology of anaemia and the threshold for blood transfusion / Joseph Tobias -- Post-operative management in transfusion free medicine and surgery in the ICU / Jean Louis Oxygen therapeutic: the quest for artificial blood / Robert Bartlett -- Physician certification for transfusion free program / Nicolas Jabbour. |