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handbook coverPERIOPERATIVE BLOOD MANAGEMENT: A PHYSICIAN’S HANDBOOK [Book Review]

The most recent addition to the Physician’s Handbook series, Perioperative Blood Management, is now available for purchase from AABB. This handbook was a joint effort of SABM and AABB with editing by Jonathan Waters, MD. The book contains essential information for practitioners who recognize the duty to consider all alternatives in care – both to select transfusion and to avoid transfusion. The broad range of material discusses Jehovah’s Witness patients, acute normovolemic hemodilution, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, artificial oxygen carriers, recombinant Factor VIIa, anemia prevention, and a host of other aspects of this growing field.

Topics Covered Include:

  • Overview of Blood Management
  • Preoperative Assessment and Management
  • Intraoperative Blood Management
  • Adjunctive Intraoperative Therapies
  • Point-of-Care Testing
  • Postoperative Blood Management
  • Management of Special Patient Populations

(AABB/SABM, 2006, soft cover, 210 pages, ISBN#1-56395-235-1)
Stock #063022

SABM members can purchase the book at the discounted rate of $35. Contact the AABB Customer Service Department at 1-866-222-2498.