Transfusion medicine

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McCullough, Jeffrey J.
Published:
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: 3rd ed.
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Online Access: 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.