| Description |
viii, 584 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: 1. History -- 2. The U.S. blood supply system -- 3. Recruitment of blood donors -- 4. Blood donor medical assessment and blood collection -- 5. Preparation, storage, and characteristics of blood components and plasma derivatives -- 6. Autologous blood donation and transfusion -- 7. Production of components by apheresis -- 8. Laboratory testing of donated blood -- 9. Blood groups -- 10. Laboratory detection of blood groups and provision of red cells -- 11. Clinical uses of blood components -- 12. Transfusion therapy in specific clinical situations -- 13. Techniques of blood transfusion -- 14. Complications of transfusion -- 15. Transfusion-transmitted diseases -- 16. The HLA system and transfusion medicine - S. Yoon Choo -- 17. Hematopoietic growth factors in transfusion medicine -- 18. Cellular engineering for the production of new blood components -- 19. Therapeutic apheresis -- 20. Quality programs in blood banking and transfusion medicine |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Blood -- Transfusion.
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Blood Transfusion.
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Blood Banks -- organization & administration.
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Blood Donors.
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Blood Group Antigens.
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| LC no. |
2004049439 |
| ISBN |
0443066485 |
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