Rossi's Principles of Transfusion Medicine is the most comprehensive, current, and practical reference on transfusion science and medicine.

Contents

Red Blood Cell

• Red Blood Cell Production and Kinetics
• Hemoglobin Synthesis, Structure and Oxygen Transport
• Red Blood Cell Metabolism
• Liquid Preservation of Red Blood Cells
• Frozen Preservation of Red Blood Cells
• Red Blood Cell Immunology and Compatibility Testing
• Human Carbohydrate Blood Group Systems
• Rh and LW Blood Group Systems
• Other Protein Blood Group Antigens
• Erthrocytosis and Therapeutic Phlebotomy
• Anemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusion
• Red Blood Cell Substitutes

Platelets

• Megadaryocytopoiesis, Kinetics, and Radiolabeling
• Platelet Kinetics and Hemostasis
• Platelet Immunology and Alloimmunization
• Preparation and Storage of Platelet Concentrates
• Platelet Transfusion and Alternatives

White Blood Cell

• Neutrophil Production and Kinetics: Neutropenia and Neutrophilia
• Neutrophil Collection and Transfusion
• Leukoreduced Blood Components: Laboratory and Clinical Aspects

Plasma

• Plasma Composition and Coagulation Mechanism
• Preparation of Plasma Derivatives
• Immunoglobins in Clinical Medicine
• Plasma Transfusion and Alternatives

Medical Patient

• Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
• Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia
• Bleeding from Acquired Coagulation Defects and Antithrombotic Therapy

Pediatric, Obstetric, Congenital

• Fetal and Neonatal Hematopoiesis
• Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus or Newborn: Treatment and Prevention
• Congenital Disorders of Clotting Proteins and their Management
• Management of Congenital Hemolytic Anemias
• Neonatal Red Blood Cell, Platelet, Plasma, and Neutrophil Transfusions

Oncology Patients

• Transfusion Support for the Oncology Patient
• Hematopoietic Growth Factors (Cytokines)
• Processing and Preservation of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells
• Human Progenitor Cell-Autologous Transplantation
• Blood and Marrow Transplantation
• Adoptive Immunotherapy
• Gene Therapy in Transfusion Medicine

Surgery Patients

• Red Blood Cell Support in the Perioperative Setting
• Transfusion Therapy in Solid-Organ Transplantation
• Transfusion Therapy in the Care of Trauma and Burn Patients

Apheresis

• Apheresis: Principles and Technology of Hemapheresis
• Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
• Specialized Therapeutic Hemapheresis Procedures

Disease Transmission

• Transfusion-Transmitted Infection Risk from Blood Components and Plasma Derivatives
• Transfusion-Transmitted Hepatitis C and Non A, Non B, Non C Virus Infections
• Transfusion-Transmitted Hepatitis B, A, and D
• Retroviral Infections
• Cytomegalovirus and Parvovirus Transmission by Transfusion
• Transmission of Parasitic Infections by Blood Transfusion
• Transmission of Creutsfeldt-Jakob Disease by Transfusion
• Bacterial Contamination of Blood Products
• Pathogen Inactivation in Blood Components

Transfusion Reactions

• Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions
• Febrille, Allergic, and Non-Immune Transfusion Reactions
• Transfusion-Associated Graft Virus Host Disease
• Transfusion-Associated Immunomodulation

Special Topics

• Red Blood Cell Radiolabeling and In Vivo Kinetics
• HLA and Molecular Testing
• Parentage Testing
• Tissue Banking
• Medicolegal Aspects of Blood Transfusion

Delivery of Blood Services

• Organization of Blood Services in the United States
• International Aspects of Blood Services
• Current Good Manufacturing Practices
• Hospital Transfusion Services and Quality Assurance

Index

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