Transfusion medicine
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Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444398748 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 597 p.) : ill. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781444398717 (electronic bk.) 1444398717 (electronic bk.) 9781444398748 (electronic bk.) 1444398741 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | RM171 |
CLC: | R457.1 |
Contents: | History -- The blood supply -- Recruitment of blood donors -- Blood donor medical assessment and blood collection -- Preparation, storage, and characteristics of blood components and plasma derivatives -- Autologous blood donation and transfusion -- Production of components by apheresis -- Laboratory testing of donated blood -- Blood groups -- Laboratory detection of blood groups and provision of red cells -- Clinical uses of blood components -- Transfusion therapy in specific clinical situations -- Techniques of blood transfusion -- Complications of transfusion -- Transfusion-transmitted diseases -- The HLA system in transfusion medicine and transplantation / S. Yoon Choo -- Hematopoietic growth factors in transfusion medicine -- Cellular engineering for the production of new blood components -- Therapeutic apheresis -- Quality programs in blood banking and transfusion medicine. |