Transfusion-free medicine and surgery / edited by Nicolas Jabbour ; contributors Katrina A. Bramstedt [and twenty four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jabbour, Nicolas, editor.

Bramstedt, Katrina A., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blood--Collection and preservation.

Blood.

Blood--Transfusion--Complications.

Blood--Transfusion--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book aims to be a guide to the practice of blood conservation. The first chapter discusses the legal and administrative aspects of bloodless medicine describing the legal principles and practical issues relatd to refusal of transfusion. The second is on balancing the risks and benefits of transfusion includes clinical vignettes of appropriate and inappropriate transfusion. The remainder of the book covers the principles and practice of bloodless medicine, including a chapter on the scientific issues of haemostasis and the investigation of bleeding idsorders. The book concludes with chapt

Contents:

History of blood transfusion / Shannon L. Farmer, James Isbister, Michael F. Leahy

The ethical complexities of transfusion-free medicine, surgery and research / Katrina A. Bramstedt

Transfusion therapy - balancing the risks and benefits / Irina Maramica, Ira A. Shulman

The physiology of anemia and the threshold for blood transfusion / Senthil G. Krishna, Ahsan Syed, Jason Bryant, Joseph D. Tobias

Blood transfusion in surgery / Sharad Sharma, Lance W Griffin, Nicolas Jabbour

Current view of coagulation system / Yoogoo Kang, Elia Elia

Topical hemostatic agents / Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Giuseppe Tarantino

Intraoperative strategies for transfusion-free medicine / Joseph D. Tobias

Post-operative management in transfusion-free medicine and surgery in the ICU / Jean-Louis Vincent

The changing transfusion practice of neonatal and pediatric surgery / Pamela J. Kling and Nicolas Jabbour

Current management of anemia in oncology / Shelly Sharma, Sharad Sharma

Artificial blood / Aryeh Shander, Mazyar Javidroozi, Seth Perelman

Translational strategies to minimize transfusion requirement in liver surgery and transplantation: targeting ischemia-reperfusion injury / Reza F. Saidi, S. Kamran Hejazi Kenari

Legal and administrative issues related to transfusion-free medicine and surgery programs / Randy Henderson, Nicolas Jabbour

Basic principles of bloodless medicine and surgery / Nicolas Jabbour.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118554715

111855471X

9781118554685

111855468X

9781118554692

1118554698

OCLC:

886112928