Practical Transfusion Medicine

Michael F. Murphy, Consultant Haematologist, Deptartment of Haematology, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Derwood H. Pamphilon, Consultant Haematologist, Institute for Transfusion Sciences, Bristol, UK

Part 1 - Basic Principles of transfusion.1. Introduction.2. Essential immunology for transfusion medicine.3. Human blood group systems..4. Human leucocyte antigens.5. Human platelet and Neurophil antigens.Part 2 - Clinical transfusion practice..6. Good Blood management: The effective and safe use of blood components.7. Bleeding Associated with Trauma and Surgery.8. Prenatal and childhood transfusions.9. Haematological disease.10. Transfusion Strategies in Organ Transplant Patients.11. Inherited and acquired coagulation disorders.12. Uses of intravenous immunoglobulin..Part 3 - Complications of transfusion.13. Haemolytic transfusion reactions.14. Febrile reactions and transfusion-related acute lung injury.15. Urticarial and anaphylactic reactions.16. Bacterial contamination.17. Post-transfusion purpura.18. Immunomodulation and graft-versus host disease.19. Transfusion-transmitted infection.20. Varient CJD.Part 4 - Practice in blood centres and hospitals.21. Donors and blood collection.22. Blood Donation Testing and the Saftey of Blood Supply.23. Production and storage of blood components.24. Medicolegal aspects.25. Blood transfusion in hospitals.26. Autologous transfusion.27. Tissue banking.28. Cord Blood banking.29. Therapeutic apheresis.Part 5 - Developments in transfusion medicine.30. Blood substitutes.31. Cytokines in Transfusion practice.32. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Processing and Storage.33. Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy.34. Gene therapy.35. Recombinant Antibodies and other Proteins.36. Blood Transfusion in a Global Context.37. The Design of Interventional Trials in Transfusion Medicine.38. Getting the Most out of the Evidence for Transfusion Medicine.39. Developments and the Future of Tranfusion Medicine: Horizon Scanning...Index