Transfusion Medicine

Jeffrey McCullough MD, Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Dr. McCullough is an international leader in research and practice of transfusion medicine blood banking and blood safety. He is a former editor of the journal Transfusion and has published more than 300 articles in the medical literature involving a wide range of issues in transfusion medicine and blood banking. Recently his research has focused on clinical trials involving transfusion medicine especially of pathogen inactivated blood; and blood donation and blood banking practices in developing countries.

Preface to the Fourth Edition, vi Chapter 1 History, 1 Chapter 2 The Blood Supply, 13 Chapter 3 Recruitment of Blood Donors, 28 Chapter 4 Blood Donor Medical Assessment and Blood Collection, 41 Chapter 5 Preparation, Storage, and Characteristics of Blood Components and Plasma Derivatives, 67 Chapter 6 Patient Blood Management, 100 Chapter 7 Production of Components by Apheresis, 122 Chapter 8 Laboratory Testing of Donated Blood, 149 Chapter 9 Blood Groups, 173 Chapter 10 Laboratory Detection of Blood Groups and Provision of Red Cells, 210 Chapter 11 Clinical Uses of Blood Components, 242 Chapter 12 Transfusion Therapy in Specific Clinical Situations, 304 Chapter 13 Techniques of Blood Transfusion, 360 Chapter 14 Complications of Transfusion, 377 Chapter 15 Transfusion ]Transmitted Diseases, 412 Chapter 16 The HLA System in Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation, 446 Chapter 17 Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Transfusion Medicine, 474 Chapter 18 Cellular Engineering for the Production of New Blood Components, 492 Chapter 19 Therapeutic Apheresis, 521 Chapter 20 Quality Programs in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine, 560 Index, 578