Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine

Mark T. Friedman, DOMedical Director, Blood Bank and Transfusion Service, Director, Pathology Residency Program, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Mount Sinai Health System, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Centers, New York, NY, USAKamille West, MDClinical Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USAPeyman Bizargity, MDMount Sinai Health System, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Centers, New York, NY, USA

Basic Single Antibody Identification- How Hard Can It Be?.- Rhesus Pieces.- Cold Case.- Child's Play.- I Can "See" Clearly Now.- You Really "Oughta" Get This.- What the Kell.- EeeeeK!!!.- Are You Kidding?.- G-Force.- Hide and Seek.- The Transfusion Reaction.- What's this Junk?.- Playing with Enzymes.- The Platelet Transfusion.- Differential Alloadsorption.- Hey, How Did That Antibody Get There?.- I Can't Stop the Hemolysis!.- Just Another Autoantibody.- I Got You Baby.- "You" Got that Right.- The Case of Low Platelets.- The Perils of Transfusing the Sickle Cell Patient.- To KB or not to KB, that is the Question.- It May do Harm.- Fuggedaboutit.-Bad Medicine.- In the Clouds.- Emergency!.- Time to Change the Plasma.- Do the Math!.- Eight is Enough!.- Cruising for a Bruising.- Help, I Can't Stop the Bleeding!.- Saving Blood.

"The purpose is to provide an overview of approaches to immunohematology problems. ... This book is intended for trainees who already have a basic foundation of immunohematology knowledge, so it would be most useful to trainees, educators and/or practitioners in blood banking, transfusion medicine, laboratory medicine, or clinical hematology. ... This is a must for anyone interested in immunohematology -- it is a great book for learning immunohematology." (Valerie L. Ng, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2016)