This unique and practical book introduces the reader to the concept of blood management and explains how to improve patient outcomes by avoiding undue blood loss, enhancing the patient’s own blood, effective management of anemia and coagulopathy. Basics of Blood Management is the first book dedicated to blood management, a multidisciplinary and multimodality concept that focuses on patient outcome.
A practical and comprehensive text on the new and exciting field of blood management
Whether you are an early practising clinician in hematology, transfusion, critical care, anesthesiology, surgery or internal medicine, a nursing specialist, trainee or other member of the multidisciplinary blood management team, this book will answer all your questions about blood management as an aid in improving patient outcome.
“This is a valuable guide if you are interested in setting up a blood management program for your organization.” (Doody’s, 15 February 2013)
Preface, vii
Preface to the First Edition, viii
1 History and Organization of Blood Management, 1
2 Physiology of Anemia and Oxygen Transport, 9
3 Anemia Therapy I: Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents, 21
4 Anemia Therapy II: Hematinics, 36
5 Growth Factors, 51
6 Fluid Management, 67
7 Chemistry of Hemostasis, 81
8 Recombinant Blood Products, 100
9 Artificial Blood, 109
10 Oxygen Therapy, 124
11 Preparation of the Patient for Surgery, 139
12 Iatrogenic Blood Loss, 160
13 Physical Methods of Hemostasis, 173
14 Anesthesia—More than Sleeping, 191
15 Use of Autologous Blood, 201
16 Cell Salvage, 212
17 Blood-Derived Pharmaceuticals, 229
18 Transfusion Medicine, 245
19 Step by Step to an Organized Blood Management Program, 262
20 Law, Ethics, Religion, and Blood Management, 285
Appendix A: Detailed Information, 297
Appendix B: Sources of Information for Blood Management, 305
Appendix C: Program Tools and Forms, 309
Appendix D: Teaching Aids: Research and Projects, 323
Index, 327
Pascal_in-France
Posted September 14, 2011
As patient blood management is in swift evolution, medicine and first aid professionnals can take advantadge in this book, especially when dealing with serious emergencies and catastrophes.
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This unique and practical book introduces the reader to the concept of blood management and explains how to improve patient outcomes by avoiding undue blood loss, enhancing the patient’s own blood, effective management of anemia and coagulopathy. Basics of Blood Management is the first book dedicated to blood management, a multidisciplinary and ...