Practical Transfusion Medicine 6th Edition:
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of contributors
Preface to the sixth edition
1 Introduction: Two centuries of progress in transfusion medicine
Part I Basic Principles of Immunohaematology
2 Essential immunology for transfusion medicine
3 Human blood group systems
4 Human leukocyte antigens
5 Platelet and neutrophil antigens
6 Pretransfusion testing and the selection of red cell products for transfusion
Part II Complications of Transfusions
7 Investigation of acute transfusion reactions
8 Haemolytic transfusion reactions
9 Febrile and allergic transfusion reactions
10 Tranfusion-associated circulatory overload
11 Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)
12 Purported adverse effects of ‘old blood’
13 Transfusion-induced immunomodulation
14 Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease and microchimerism
15 Posttransfusion purpura
16 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
17 Transfusion-transmitted infections
18 Bacterial contamination
19 Emerging infections and transfusion safety
Part III Practice in Blood Centres and Hospitals
20 Regulatory aspects of blood transfusion
21 The role of hemovigilance in transfusion safety
22 Donors and blood collection
23 Blood donation testing and the safety of the blood supply
24 Production and storage of blood components
25 Blood transfusion in hospitals
26 Disaster preparedness
27 Blood transfusion in a global context
Part IV Clinical Transfusion Practice
28 Inherited and acquired disorders of haemostasis
29 Point-of-care haemostasis testing
30 Transfusion in bleeding patients
31 Transfusion in non-bleeding medical and surgical patients
32 Transfusion in malignant haematological disease
33 Transfusion in benign haematological disease
34 Transfusion in patients with haemoglobinopathies
35 Transfusing neonates and infants
36 Immunodeficiency and immunoglobulin therapy
Part V Patient Blood Management
37 Development of a patient blood management programme
38 Perioperative patient blood management
39 Restrictive transfusion practice and how to implement it
40 Using data to support patient blood management
Part VI Cellular Therapy and Transplantation
41 Regulation and accreditation in cellular therapy
42 Stem cell collection and therapeutic apheresis
43 Haemopoietic stem cell processing and storage
44 Haematopoietic cell transplantation
45 CAR-T cells and recent advances in clinical cellular immunotherapy
46 Tissue banking
Part VII Development of the Evidence Base for Transfusion
47 Observational and interventional trials in transfusion medicine
48 Getting the most out of the evidence for transfusion medicine and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
49 A primer on biostatistics
50 A primer on health economics
51 Scanning the future of transfusion medicine
Index






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