Transfusion Medicine in Practice focuses on the clinical applications of transfusion, discussing the different settings in which transfusion is carried out, including surgery, transplant, trauma, intensive care, and paediatric neonatal and obstetric cases. The text also includes a full discussion of transfusion products and how to use them, pharmacologic products as an alternative to blood, and transfusion service management. This practical text on the clinical practice of transfusion will be an invaluable resource for all those involved in the use of blood and blood products.

    1. Hospital Transfusion Practice 2.Transfusion Products 3. Blood Transfusion in Patients Requiring Long-term Support 4. Transfusion Support in Transplantation 5. Blood and Blood Component Use in Cardiac Surgery or 'Why do Cardiac Surgical Patients Bleed'? 6. Surgical Transfusions: Non-cardiac 7. Major Obstetric Haemorrhage 8. Paediatric and Neonatal Transfusions 9. Transfustion Practice in Resuscitation and Critical Illness 10. Pharmacologic Alternatives to Blood 11. Congenital and Acquired Disorders of Coagulation 12. Therapeutic Apheresis 13. Transfusion Service Management

    Biography

    Michael J. Desmond, MB, MRCP (Edited by) , Jennifer Duguid, MD (Edited by) , Lawrence Tim Goodnough, MB, FRCPath (Edited by)