Transfusion medicine in practice

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
1. Hospital transfusion practice......Page 10
2. Transfusion products......Page 30
3. Blood transfusion in patients requiring long-term support......Page 58
4. Transfusion support in transplantation......Page 82
5. Blood and blood component use in cardiac surgery or 'why do cardiac surgical patients bleed?'......Page 112
6. Surgical transfusion: Non-cardiac......Page 124
7. Major obstetric haemorrhage......Page 142
8. Paediatric and neonatal transfusions......Page 160
9. Transfusion practice in resuscitation and critical illness......Page 184
10. Pharmacologic alternatives to blood......Page 208
11. Congenital and acquired disorders of coagulation......Page 224
12. Therapeutic apheresis......Page 262
13. Transfusion service management......Page 286
Index......Page 302