Blood Component Therapy in Clinical Practice

History, philosophy and ethics of blood component therapy; The storage and use of whole blood: management of acute haemorrhage; Red cell concentrates: the anaemic patient; Platelet transfusion: primary haemostatic failure; Granulocyte transfusion: the neutropenic patient; The clear solutions: plasma, plasma protein solutions and plasma volume expanders; Coagulation factor therapy: management of haemophilia and other hereditary coagulation factor deficiencies; Immunoglobulin therapy; Hazards of blood transfusion; Blood components and hepatitis; A problem solving approach to failure of the haemopoieticsystem: impaired oxygen transport, host defence failure, haemostatic failure; Transfusion therapy in specific clinical situations; Autologous transfusion and acellular oxygen-delivering resuscitation fluids; Therapeutic haemapheresis: plasma exchange, red cell exchange, haemodilution, leucapheresis and thrombopheresis; Basic immunohaematology for the clinician; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).