Transfusion Update

Kanchan Bhardwaj MD MAMS FIAC FIMSA Professor and Head, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical, College, Patiala, Punjab, India

Section 1: Clinical Hemotherapy



Transfusion Practice in Medicine





Transfusion in Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Transfusion Therapy in Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Sugar Free Antibodies: A New Treatment for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Transfusion Practice in Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Transfusion Practice in Coronary Interventions
Neurological ICU: Role of Red Blood Cell Transfusion
Blood Transfusion Alternatives
Role of Whole Blood in Transfusion Practice


Transfusion Practice in Surgery





Blood Conservation Strategies
Thromboelastography
Transfusion Support in Cardiac Surgery
Transfusion Practice in Arthroplasty
Restricting Transfusion Requirements in Major Orthopedic Surgery and its Alternatives
Transfusion Support in Neurosurgery


Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Transfusion Practice





Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Rh Hemolytic Disease
Antenatal Antibody Screening and Intrauterine Transfusion in Pregnancy
Antenatal Screening of Thalassemia
Neonatal Transfusion Practice


Transfusion Practice in Transplantation





Transfusion Practice in Bone Marrow Transplantation and HLA Matching
Transfusion Practice in Renal Transplants Recipients
Incompatible Blood Type Kidney Transplantation
Transfusion Practice in Heart Transplant
Transfusion Practice in Liver Transplantation


Massive Transfusion





Massive Transfusion Protocol
Massive Transfusion in Obstetrical Hemorrhage


Platelet Therapy





Inherited and Acquired Platelet Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy
Transfusion Practice in Dengue
Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia
Clinicopathological Syndrome in Immunemediated Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia
Single Donor Platelets Versus Random Donor Platelets
Prophylactic Platelet Transfusion


Apheresis





Maximizing the Resources: Multicomponent Collection
Therapeutic Plateletpheresis
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Therapeutic Erythrocytapheresis and Leucapheresis
Red Cell Exchange in Clinical Practice


Chronically Transfused Patients





Transfusion Practice in Thalassemia
Pediatrician and β-Thalassemia
Iron Overload in Chronically Transfused Patients: Diagnosis and Treatment
Transfusion in Sickle Cell Anemia
Advanced Therapies for Treatment of Hemophilia


Intervention in Bleeding Patients





Bleeding Disorders: Lab Diagnosis
Management of Coagulopathy in Liver Diseases
Recombinant Activated Factor VII in Clinical Practice
Plasma Versus Recombinant Clotting Factors
Cryoprecipitate


Section 2: Cellular Therapies





Stem Cell Transplantation: Brief Overview
Stem Cell in Regenerative Medicine: Applications and Cautions
Stem Cell Therapy in Cardiovascular Diseases
Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus
Stem Cell Therapy in Peripheral Artery Disease
Role of Platelet Rich Plasma in Regenerative Medicine
Role of Platelet Rich Plasma in Plastic Surgery
Cord Blood Banking and Transplantation
Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents versus Red Cell Transfusion
Natural Killer Cells in Tumor and Transplantation
Potential and Hazards of Gene Therapy


Section 3: Blood Safety





Leucoreduction
Improving Blood Donor Screening by Nucleic Acid Technology
ID-NAT Versus MP-NAT
Occult Hbv Infection: A Risk for Transfusion
Current Status of Bacterial Detection in Blood Components
Pathogen Reduction Technology
Discarding of Blood and Blood Components
Adverse Transfusion Reactions
Hemovigilance and its Launch in India
Advances in Serological Assays for Screening Blood Donors for Infectious Agents


Section 4: Miscellaneous





The Evidence-based Transfusion Medicine
Blood Bank Accreditation
National Plasma Policy for Access to Plasma Derived Proteins for Clinical/Therapeutic Use
Ethical Issues in Transfusion Medicine
Gel Based Technology: Past, Present and Future
Automated Blood Grouping and Antibody Screening
Molecular Genotyping and its Applications to Transfusion Medicine
Rare Blood Group Registry
New Versus Old Blood
Importance of Safe Blood Administration Practices
Strategies to Reduce Unnecessary Transfusions
Index