About this item
Highlights
- Explore this concise and clinically focused approach to the field of blood banking and transfusion therapy The Fifth Edition of Transfusion Medicine delivers a succinct, thorough, clinically focused, practical and authoritative treatment of a full range of topics in transfusion therapy.
- About the Author: Jeffrey McCullough, MD, is an international leader in transfusion medicine with experience in hospital transfusion service and blood supply organizations.
- 592 Pages
- Medical, Hematology
Description
About the Book
Preceded by Transfusion medicine / Jeffrey McCullough. 4th edition. 2017.Book Synopsis
Explore this concise and clinically focused approach to the field of blood banking and transfusion therapy
The Fifth Edition of Transfusion Medicine delivers a succinct, thorough, clinically focused, practical and authoritative treatment of a full range of topics in transfusion therapy. This ranges from issues with the blood supply, recruitment of both whole blood and apheresis donors, blood collection and storage, blood testing, blood safety, and transmissible diseases. This edition has been fully updated and revised to include exciting cellular therapies for cancer, transplantation of both hematopoietic cells and solid organs, infectious diseases and regenerative medicine.
The Fifth Edition includes new authors with highly relevant content that provides a solid grounding for readers in the field. The book:
- Is an approachable comprehensive guide to the field of blood banking and transfusion medicine
- Provides complete and timely perspective on crucial topics, including the HLA system in transfusion medicine and transplantation and quality programs in blood banking and transfusion medicine
- Is extensively referenced, making it simple for readers to conduct further research on the topics of interest to them
- Includes new chapters on pediatric transfusion medicine and pathogen reduction
- Has an expended chapter on patient blood management
- Provides extensive discussions of the clinical use of blood transfusion in a wide variety of clinical situations including recent development In the management of acute traumatic blood loss
- Provides updated information about blood groups and molecular testing making inroads into clinical practice along with discussions of laboratory detection of blood groups and provision of red cells
Perfect for all those working in the field of blood banking, transfusion medicine and hematology or oncology and fellows in pathology, hematology, surgery and anesthesiology. Transfusion Medicine is a good introduction for technologists specializing in blood banking and non-medical personnel working in areas related to hematology and transfusion medicine. Transfusion Medicine will also earn a place in the libraries of practicing pathologists with responsibility for blood banks.
From the Back Cover
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.
About the Author
Jeffrey McCullough, MD, is an international leader in transfusion medicine with experience in hospital transfusion service and blood supply organizations. He has been the recipient of many federal grants and contracts, and has been involved in advisory capacities to government and industry organizations both domestically and internationally. He served as editor of the journal Transfusion and has published more than 350 articles in medical literature. He is Emeritus Professor at the University of Minnesota and Adjunct Professor at the Arizona State University.