Practical Transfusion Medicine

Michael F. Murphy MD, FRCP, FRCPath Professor of Blood Transfusion Medicine, University of Oxford Consultant Haematologist, NHS Blood & Transplant and Department of Haematology, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Derwood H. Pamphilon MD, MRCPCH, FRCP, FRCPath Consultant Haematologist, NHS Blood & Transplant Honorary Clinical Reader, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Contributors. Foreword. Preface to the third edition. Preface to the first edition. 1 Introduction: recent evolution of transfusion medicine ( Ian M. Franklin ). Part 1 Basic principles of immunohaematology. 2 Essential immunology for transfusion medicine ( Timothy Wallington ). 3 Human blood group systems ( Geoff Daniels ). 4 Human leucocyte antigens ( Cristina V. Navarrete ). 5 Platelet and neutrophil antigens ( David L. Allen, Geoffrey F. Lucas, Michael F. Murphy and Willem H. Ouwehand ). Part 2 Complications of transfusion. 6 Investigation of acute transfusion reactions ( Nancy M. Heddle and Kathryn E. Webert ). 7 Haemolytic transfusion reactions ( Edwin Massey and Geoff Poole ). 8 Febrile and allergic transfusion reactions ( Cynthia Wu and Nancy M. Heddle ). 9 Transfusion-related acute lung injury ( Steven H. Kleinman and Ram Kakaiya ). 10 Transfusion-related immunomodulation ( Morris A. Blajchman and Eleftherios C. Vamvakas ). 11 Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease and microchimerism ( Beth H. Shaz and Christopher D. Hillyer ). 12 Post-tranfusion purpura ( Michael F. Murphy ). 13 Tranfusion-transmitted infections ( Alan D. Kitchen and John A.J. Barbara ). 14 Bacterial contamination ( Patricia E. Hewitt ). 15 Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ( Marc L. Turner ). 16 Emerging infections and transfusion safety ( Roger Y. Dodd ). Part 3 Practice in blood centres and hospitals. 17 Regulatory aspects of blood transfusion ( Joan Jones and Adrian Copplestone ). 18 The role of haemovigilance in transfusion safety ( James P. AuBuchon ). 19 Donors and blood collection ( William Murphy and Ellen McSweeney ). 20 Blood donation testing and the safety of the blood supply ( David Wenham, Lisa Byrne and Simon J. Stanworth ). 21 Production and storage of blood components ( Rebecca Cardigan and Lorna M. Williamson ). 22 Medicolegal aspects of transfusion practice ( Patricia E. Hewitt ). 23 Blood transfusion in hospitals ( Sue Knowles and Geoff Poole ). 24 Blood transfusion in a global context ( David J. Roberts, Jean-Pierre Allain, Alan D. Kitchen, Stephen Field and Imelda Bates ). Part 4 Clinical transfusion practice. 25 Good blood management: the effective and safe use of blood components ( Brian McClelland and Tim Walsh ). 26 Prenatal and childhood transfusions ( Irene Roberts ). 27 Haematological disease ( Michael F. Murphy and Simon J. Stanworth ). 28 Blood transfusion in the management of patients with haemoglobinopathies ( David Rees ). 29 Massive blood loss ( Beverley J. Hunt ). 30 Inherited and acquired coagulation disorders ( Vickie McDonald, J. Kim Ryland, Joanne E. Joseph and Samuel J. Machin ). 31 Recombinant proteins in diagnosis and therapy ( Marion Scott ). 32 Immunodeficiency and immunoglobulin therapy ( Siraj A. Misbah ). Part 5 Alternatives to transfusion. 33 The principles of bloodless medicine and surgery ( Aryeh Shander and Lawrence Tim Goodnough ). 34 Autologous transfusion ( Dafydd Thomas and John Thompson ). 35 Blood substitutes ( Chris V. Prowse and David J. Roberts ). 36 Pharmacological agents and recombinant factor VIIa ( Beverley J. Hunt ). Part 6 Cellular and tissues therapy and organ transplantation. 37 Regulation and accreditation in cellular therapy ( Derwood H. Pamphilon and Zbigniew M. Szczepiorkowski ). 38 Stem cell collection and therapeutic apheresis ( Khaled El-Ghariani ). 39 Haemopoietic stem cell processing and storage ( David H. McKenna Jr and Mary E. Clay ). 40 Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation ( I. Grant McQuaker and Ian M. Franklin ). 41 Cord blood transplantation ( Leandro de Padua Silva, Marcos de Lima, Elizabeth J. Shpall and Susan Armitage ). 42 Recent advances in clinical cellular immunotherapy ( Mark W. Lowdell and Emma Morris ). 43 Cytokines in transfusion practice ( Derwood H. Pamphilon and Michael F. Murphy ). 44 Tissue banking ( Ruth M. Warwick and Deirdre Fehily ). 45 Transfusion strategies in organ transplant patients ( Anneke Brand and Derwood H. Pamphilon ). Part 7 Development of the evidence base for transfusion. 46 The design of interventional trials in transfusion medicine ( Paul C. H'ebert, Alan T. Tinmouth and Dean Fergusson ). 47 Getting the most out of the evidence for transfusion medicine ( Simon J. Stanworth, Susan J. Brunskill, Carolyn Doree and Chris J. Hyde ). 48 How to influence clinicians' use of blood - improving the transfusion practice in hospitals? ( Simon J. Stanworth, J.J. Francis, M.P. Eccles, Chris J. Hyde, Michael F. Murphy and Alan T. Tinmouth ). 49 Scanning the future of transfusion medicine ( Walter H. Dzik ). Index. Colour plates can be found facing page.