This handbook focuses on the fundamentals of clinical transfusion. Specific guidance on the management of different clinical situations is the objective in order to facilitate clinical decision making. This handbook fills a void between the minimal information in general textbooks of medicine, surgery, anesthesiology, etc. and the more detailed texts available in the field of blood banking and transfusion medicine.
Table of contents
Section A: General
Introduction
Epidemiology of Blood Transfusion
Allogeneic Blood Products
Autologous Blood Products
Epidemiology of Blood Transfusion
Informed Consent and Explanation of Blood Options
The ABO and Rhesus System
Compatibility Testing and the Importance of Proper Recipient Identification
The Administration of Blood Products
Section B: Surgery
Blood Transfusion in Surgery I: Ordering Practices and Transfusion Styles
Blood Transfusion in Surgery II: Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
Blood Transfusion in Surgery III: Orthopedic and Urologic Surgery
Blood Transfusion in Surgery IV: Blood Transfusion in Solid Organ Allografts
Blood Transfusion in Surgery V: General Surgery
Blood Transfusion in Surgery VI: Trauma and Massive Blood Transfusion
Section C: Medicine
Blood Transfusion in Medicine I: Cancer
Blood Transfusion in Medicine II: Bone Marrow Transplantation
Blood Transfusion in Medicine III: Hereditary Anemias
Blood Transfusion in Medicine IV: Renal Disease
Blood Transfusion in Medicine V: Patients with Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Blood Transfusion in Medicine VI: Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency
Virus
Blood Transfusion in Medicine VII: Hereditary and Acquired Bleeding Disorders
Blood Transfusion in Medicine VIII: Autoantibodies to Red Cells and Platelets
Blood Transfusion in Medicine IX: Using Drugs to Reduce Blood Transfusion
Blood Transfusion in Obstetrics
Fetal and Neonatal Transfusion
Section D: Appropriate Prescribing
Clinical Decisions and Response Monitoring
Red Blood Cells: Indications and Dosing
Platelets: Indications and Dosing
Plasma and Cryoprecipitate: Indications and Dosing
Leukocytes: Indications and Dosage
Blood Derivatives: Indications and Dosage
Section E: Complications
Acute Complications of Blood Transfusion
Delayed and Late Complications of Blood Transfusion
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