Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine (eBook)

Mark T. Friedman, DOMount Sinai Health SystemIcahn School of MedicineBlood Bank and Transfusion ServiceDepartment of PathologyNew York NY USAKamille A. West, MD National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterDepartment of Transfusion Medicine Bethesda, MDUSA Peyman Bizargity, MDBaylor College of MedicineDepartment of Molecular and Human GeneticsHouston, TXUSAKyle Annen, DOChildren’s Hospital ColoradoDepartment of PathologyAurora, COUSAJeffrey S. Jhang, MDMount Sinai Health SystemIcahn School of MedicineBlood Bank and Transfusion ServiceDepartment of PathologyNew York, NY USA

1 Basic Single Antibody Identification: How Hard Can It Be?2 Rhesus Pieces3 Crossmatch Crisscross4 Cold Case5 Buried Treasure6 I Can “See” Clearly Now7 You Really “Oughta” Get This8 What the Kell9 EeeeeK!!!10 Are You Kidding?11 G-Force12 Hide and Seek13 The Transfusion Reaction14 What’s This Junk?15 Playing with Enzymes16 The Platelet Transfusion17 Differential Alloadsorption18 Hey, How Did that Antibody Get There?19 I Can’t Stop the Hemolysis!20 Just Another Autoantibody21 I Got You Baby22 “You” Got that Right23 The Case of Low Platelets24 The Perils of Transfusing the Sickle Cell Patient25 To KB or Not to KB, that is the Question26 It May Do Harm27 Fuggedaboutit28 Decisions, Decisions! 29 Oh! Are You My Type? 30 Talking ‘Bout Next Generation31 Bad Medicine32 Passengers and Hitchhikers33 In the Clouds34 How “Dara” You! 35 Polly Wants a Cracker!36 Hot & Cold37 Mix and Match38 Golden Grans 39 I “PiTTy” Thee40 All Washed Up41 The Red Pee42 Baby Fate43 Thromboelastography, My Dear Doctor44 Spoiled Rotten! 45 Bad Blood46 Emergency!47 Time to Change the Plasma48 Do the Math!49 Eight is Enough!50 It’s So “Vonderful” 51 Cruising for a Bruising52 Help, I Cannot Stop the Bleeding!53 Saving Blood54 Of Wind and Water55 The “Unfraction” Reaction  56 Holy Cow! (“I’m Bloodless”)