Jabbour Nicolas (ed.) Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery

2nd edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. — 378 p. — ISBN: 978-0-470-67408-6This book aims to be a guide to the practice of blood conservation. The first chapter discusses the legal and administrative aspects of bloodless medicine describing the legal principles and practical issues relatd to refusal of transfusion. The second is on balancing the risks and benefits of transfusion includes clinical vignettes of appropriate and inappropriate transfusion. The remainder of the book covers the principles and practice of bloodless medicine, including a chapter on the scientific issues of haemostasis and the investigation of bleeding idsorders. The book concludes with chapters on blood conservation in neonatal and paediatric surgery, the costs associated with blood transfusion and the quest for artifical blood. New chapters will be included to address blood utilization in oncology and geriatric patients.History of blood transfusion and patient blood management
The ethical complexities of transfusion-free medicine, surgery and research
Transfusion therapy – Balancing the risks and benefits
The physiology of anemia and the threshold for blood transfusion
Blood transfusion in surgery
Current view of coagulation system
Topical hemostatic agents
Intraoperative strategies for transfusion-free medicine
Post-operative management in transfusion-free medicine and surgery in the ICU
The changing transfusion practice of neonatal and pediatric surgery
Current management of anemia in oncology
Artificial blood
Translational strategies to minimize transfusion requirement in liver surgery and transplantation: Targeting ischemia-reperfusion injury
Legal and administrative issues related to transfusion-free medicine and surgery programs
Basic principles of bloodless medicine and surgery