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This volume is a collection of immunohematology and transfusion medicine cases, comprised of clinical vignettes and antibody panels with questions based on each case, arranged in a workbook format. The cases are based on real patient problems which are typically encountered and covers a number of common issues and challenging problems in blood banking and transfusion practice. Discussion and resolution of each case is provided in a separate answer section, including up-to-date information on pertinent advances in the field.
Written by experts in the field, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine: A Case Study Approach provides an interactive tool to help make blood banking and transfusion medicine memorable, practical, and relevant to residents and fellows.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Mark T. Friedman, DO
Medical 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, USA
Kamille West, MD
Clinical Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
Peyman Bizargity, MD
Mount Sinai Health System, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Centers, New York, NY, USA
Zusammenfassung
This volume is a collection of immunohematology and transfusion medicine cases, comprised of clinical vignettes and antibody panels with questions based on each case, arranged in a workbook format. The cases are based on real patient problems which are typically encountered and covers a number of common issues and challenging problems in blood banking and transfusion practice. Discussion and resolution of each case is provided in a separate answer section, including up-to-date information on pertinent advances in the field.
Written by experts in the field, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine: A Case Study Approach provides an interactive tool to help make blood banking and transfusion medicine memorable, practical, and relevant to residents and fellows.
Bericht
"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)
