Books/Publications
Transfusion-free Medicine and Surgery
Edited By: Nicolas Jabbour, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Essential guide to the new field of transfusion-free medicine and surgery written by leading experts in the field.
Transfusion-free Medicine and Surgery provides a comprehensive approach to a new paradigm shift in the field of blood management.
The principles are easy and this platform provides an all-inclusive review of red blood cell production, oxygen delivery, coagulation and the role of blood transfusion in an intensive care setting. Controversial as it may sound, this book opens the door for ethical/legal debates, by putting them into perspective and providing answers to perplexing situations. The economics of blood transfusion and the hidden costs that allude the clinician are also brought into the equation.
Why Buy This Book?
- Provides the groundwork for developing a successful transfusion-free clinical program
- Includes all key issues related to blood products, blood transfusion and transfusion-free medicine and surgery
- Discusses controversial issues associated with this new and fast moving field
- Includes self-assessment questions to help the reader with their continuing professional education and development
Transfusion-free Medicine and Surgery is ideal for:
- Specialists working in transfusion and transfusion-free medicine
- Haematologists in practice and in training
- Anyone involved in any surgical discipline, internal medicine, ICU care or anaesthesia who is interested in this field
Contents
1 Legal and Administrative Issues Related to Transfusion-free Medicine and Surgery
2 Transfusion Therapy – Balancing the Risks and Benefits
3 Preoperative Management and Preparation for Transfusion-free Surgery
4 Intraoperative Strategies for Transfusion-free Surgery
5 Current View of the Coagulation System
6 The Physiology of Anemia and the Threshold for Blood Transfusion
7 Postoperative Management in Transfusion-free Medicine and Surgery in the ICU
8 Anemia and Blood Conservation in the Critically Ill Patient
9 Feasibility of Transfusion-free Medicine and Surgery in Clinical Practice
10 The Changing Transfusion Practice of Neonatal and Pediatric Surgery
11 The Cost of Blood Product Transfusion
12 Oxygen Therapeutics – The Quest for Artificial Blood
13 Basic Principles of Bloodless Medicine and Surgery
Index
About the Authors
Professor Nicolas Jabbour, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Associate Director Liver Transplantation Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USA