Kochhar P.K. Blood Transfusion in Clinical Practice

InTech, 2012. — 208 p. — ISBN: 978-953-51-03431.Blood Transfusion in Clinical Practice focuses on the application of blood transfusion in different clinical settings. The text has been divided into five sections. The first section includes a chapter describing the basic principles of ABO blood group system in blood transfusion. The second section discusses the use of transfusion in various clinical settings including orthopedics, obstetrics, cardiac surgery, etc. The third section covers transfusion transmitted infections, while section four describes alternative strategies to allogenic blood transfusion. The last section speculates over immunomodulatory effects of blood transfusion.ABO in the Context of Blood Transfusion and Beyond
Blood Transfusion Therapy in High Risk Surgical Patients
Blood Transfusion Practices in Major Orthopaedic Surgery
Transfusion Reduction in Orthopedic Surgery
Scope of Blood Transfusion in Obstetrics
Uterine Atony: Management Strategies
Effects of Blood Transfusion on Retinopathy of Prematurity
Transfusion-Transmitted Bacterial, Viral and Protozoal Infections
Implicating the Need for Serological Testing of Borna Disease Virus and Dengue Virus During Blood Transfusion
Human T-Lymphotropic Viruses (HTLV)
Bloodless Medicine and Surgery
Autotransfusion: Therapeutic Principles, Efficacy and Risks
Impact of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in Organ and Cell Structure
Cryopreservation of Blood
Effect of Blood Transfusion on Subsequent Organ Transplantation
Posthepatic Manipulative Blood Extraction with Blood Transfusion Alleviates Liver Transplant Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Its Induced Lung Injury