Transfusion Medicine

A clinically focused approach to blood banking and transfusion therapy

The new edition of Transfusion Medicine delivers direct, clinically focused guidance on all areas related to the medical science and day-to-day practice of transfusion therapies. Addressing everything from donor recruitment and blood storage technologies to testing methods and safety protocols, this new edition has also been updated to include discussions of emerging cellular therapies, regenerative medicine, transplantation of both hematopoietic cells and solid organs, and more.

Transfusion Medicine includes:

• Timely perspectives on crucial topics, including the HLA system in transfusion medicine and transplantation and quality programs in blood banking and transfusion medicine
• New chapters on pediatric transfusion medicine and pathogen reduction
• An expended chapter on patient blood management
• Extensive discussions of the use of blood transfusion in a wide variety of clinical situations, such as in the management of acute traumatic blood loss
• Updated information about blood groups and molecular testing, as well as discussions of laboratory detection of blood groups and provision of red cells
• Extensive referencing, making it simple for readers to conduct further research on the topics of interest to them

Designed to inform and optimize the practice of all those working in and around transfusion medicine, this essential book will prove to be a valued resource for fellows in hematology, pathology, surgery, and anesthesiology, while also providing blood bank technologists and non-medical personnel in related fields with an excellent introduction to this vital therapy.