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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794772803321

Autore

McCullough Jeffrey <1938->

Titolo

Transfusion medicine / / Jeffrey McCullough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2017

ISBN

1-119-23653-3

1-119-23652-5

1-119-23650-9

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (614 p.)

Disciplina

615/.39

Soggetti

Blood - Transfusion

Blood banks

Blood donors

Blood group antigens

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

History -- The blood supply -- Recruitment of blood donors -- Blood donor medical assessment and blood collection -- Blood donor medical assessment and blood collection -- Patient blood management -- 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 -- 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.