Perioperative Transfusion Medicine, 2005

By Bruce D Spiess, Richard K Spence, Aryeh Shander,
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Pages: 750
Publication Date: 2005-12-01
Sales Rank: 737480
ISBN / ASIN: 0781737559
EAN: 9780781737555
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, this volume is the most comprehensive, current reference on perioperative transfusion medicine and coagulation. It provides complete information on all current blood products and transfusion risks, transfusion and coagulation issues during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods, and specific concerns in each surgical subspecialty. Eighteen new chapters in this edition cover blood shortages, economic concerns, emergency needs, virus transmission, parasitic and septic risks, immunosuppression risks, non-infectious risks, production and storage issues, hemoglobin-based oxygen-carrying solutions, perfluorocarbon-based oxygen-carrying solutions, preoperative plateletphoresis, volume resuscitation, antifibrinolytics, aprotinin, DDAVP, platelet inhibitors, burn patients, and post-surgical stress response.
Haematology, Surgery