Handbook of Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine (Paperback)

Table of Contents
* Transfusion Medicine of Today and the Future
* WHO Initiatives on Safe Blood Programs in the Developing Countries
* Organization and Operation of a Regional Blood Transfusion Center in India
* Blood Donor Suitability and Donation Complications
* Leukoreduction of Blood Components
* Platelets in Health and Disease
* Recent Advances in Platelet Preservation and Testing
* The HLA System and Transfusion Medicine
* Transfusion-associated Graft-vs-Host Disease
* Blood Component Administration and Initial Management of Transfusion Reactions
* Blood Component Transfusion Guidelines for Transfusing Physicians
* Transfusions in Critically Ill Patients
* Blood Transfusion in the Operating Room
* Massive Transfusions
* Transfusion Therapy for Hemoglobinopathies
* Hemorrhagic Disorders in the Surgical Patient
* Thrombotic Disorders in the Surgical Patient
* Plasma Transfusion Therapy
* Use of Cryoprecipitate
* Coagulation Therapy in Hemophilia
* Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Malignant Diseases
* Unrelated Donor Stem Cell Transplantation: The Role of the National Marrow Donor Program Umbilical Cord Blood Banking
* Hematopoietic Stem Cell Processing
* Infusion of Hematopoietic Stem Cells
* Bone Marrow Transplantation: Procedures and Practices in a Developing Country