Transfusion medicine

McCullough, Jeffrey,

Transfusion medicine - 3rd - Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. - viii, 597 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Blood Transfusion
Blood Banks--organization & administration
Blood Donors
Blood Group Antigens

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