Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking

Description

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.

• Provides evidence-based information on transfusion medicine and blood banking practices
• Presents sections on recipient screening, donor selection, blood collection and storage, and how to meet blood product demands
• Includes useful protocols for transfusions and blood banking relevant to clinical practice
• Incorporates the balanced perspectives of veterinarians and veterinary technicians
• Contains information pertaining to large, small, and exotic animals

Contents

Section I: Introduction to Veterinary Transfusion Medicine

Chapter 1: Evolution of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking
Marie Holowaychuk and Kenichiro Yagi

Chapter 2: Component Therapy
Julie Walker

Section II: Blood Products

Chapter 3: Red Blood Cell Products
Caroline Kisielewicz

Chapter 4: Plasma Products
K. Jane Wardrop and Marjory Brooks

Chapter 5: Platelet Products
Mary Beth Callan and Kimberly Marryott

Chapter 6: Hemoglobin-based Oxygen Carrier (HBOC) Solutions
Marie Holowaychuk and Thomas Day

Chapter 7: Alternative Plasma Protein Products: Albumin and Human Immunoglobulin Therapy
Nicole Spurlock

Chapter 8: Miscellaneous Blood Product Usage
Marie Holowaychuk and Kenichiro Yagi

Section III: Blood Product Administration

Chapter 9: Canine Recipient Screening
Lynel Tocci

Chapter 10: Feline Recipient Screening
Anthony Abrams-Ogg

Chapter 11: Transfusion-Associated Complications
Shauna Blois

Chapter 12: Recipient Monitoring
Kenichiro Yagi and Marie Holowaychuk

Section IV: Blood Banking

Chapter 13: Canine Donor Selection
Kenichiro Yagi and Brandee Bean

Chapter 14: Canine Blood Collection
Kenichiro Yagi

Chapter 15: Feline Donor Selection
Charlotte Russo and Karen Humm

Chapter 16: Feline Blood Collection
Robyn Taylor and Karen Humm

Chapter 17: Blood Component Processing and Storage
Cheryl Mansell and Manuel Boller

Section V: Meeting Blood Product Demands

Chapter 18: Blood Product Sources
Sally Lester

Chapter 19: Donor Program Management
Rebecca Nusbaum

Chapter 20: Limiting Allogenic Blood Transfusions
Marie Holowaychuk

Chapter 21: Alternative Transfusion Methods
Sophie Adamantos and Caroline Smith

Section VI: Transfusion Medicine in Other Species

Chapter 22: Equine Transfusion Medicine
Margaret Mudge and Olivia Williams

Chapter 23: Food and Fiber Animal Transfusion Medicine
Brent Credille and Kira Epstein

Chapter 24: Avian Transfusion Medicine
Stephen Cital, Angela Lennox, and Andrea Goodnight

Chapter 25: Small Mammal Transfusion Medicine
Jody Nugent-Deal and Kristina Palmer

Chapter 26: Reptiles and Amphibian Transfusion Medicine
Stephen Cital and Andrea Goodnight

Chapter 27: Primate Transfusion Medicine
Stephen Cital, Angela Colagross-Schouten, and Laura Summers

Author Information

Kenichiro Yagi, BS, RVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM), ICU Manager/Blood Bank Manager at Adobe Animal Hospital, Los Altos, CA

Marie K. Holowaychuk, DVM, DACVECC, Critical Care Vet Consulting, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada