Yagi Kenichiro, Holowaychuk Marie (eds.) Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking

Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. — 401 p. — ISBN: 9781118933022. — ISBN: 9781118933046 (EPUB).Using a practical approach, the Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking provides veterinary practitioners with evidence-based guidelines to refer to at the clinical practice level. It presents sections on recipient screening, donor selection, blood collection and storage, and how to meet blood product demands. The book includes useful protocols for transfusions and blood banking relevant to clinical practice, and incorporates the balanced perspectives of veterinarians and veterinary technicians.Contains information pertaining to large, small, and exotic animals.Section I: Introduction to Veterinary Transfusion Medicine.
Evolution of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking.
Component Therapy.Section II: Blood Products.
Red Blood Cell Products.
Plasma Products.
Platelet Products.
Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier Solutions.
Alternative Plasma Protein Products: Albumin and Human Immunoglobulin Therapy.
Miscellaneous Blood Product Usage.Section III: Blood Product Administration.
Canine Recipient Screening.
Feline Recipient Screening.
Transfusion-Associated Complications.
Recipient Monitoring.Section IV: Blood Banking.
Canine Donor Selection.
Canine Blood Collection.
Feline Donor Selection.
Feline Blood Collection.
Blood Component Processing and Storage.Section V: Meeting Blood Product Demands.
Blood Product Sources.
Donor Program Management.
Limiting Allogenic Blood Transfusions.
Alternative Transfusion Methods.Section VI: Transfusion Medicine in Other Species.
Equine Transfusion Medicine.
Food and Fiber Animal Transfusion Medicine.
Avian Transfusion Medicine.
Small Mammal Transfusion Medicine.
Reptile and Amphibian Transfusion Medicine.
Primate Transfusion Medicine.