Transfusion Therapy

Written for clinicians, this third edition updates the field of transfusion medicine and sits between a pocket handbook and the larger reference works. It explains how and when to order blood components and their derivatives. The revised material expands coverage of transfusion in surgical settings, in children, and in stem cell transplantation, and it examines how transfusion can affect the immune system. Rh immune globulin therapy also receives expanded treatment.

This edition adds new chapters on transfusion in critical care, on trauma and massive transfusion, and on pathogen reduction and inactivation. It also covers alloimmunization to red blood cell antigens and how to manage patients who have become alloimmunized.

The book is organized into four main areas: clinical practice of transfusion, blood components and derivatives, adverse events, and quality in transfusion practice. It is intended for anyone working in transfusion medicine.