Transfusion Medicine. Case Studies and Clinical Management

1. Errare Humanum Est
2. Send Another Sample, Please
3. Mosquito in the Bag
4. Enigma
5. An Unwanted Passenger
6. Persistent Anemia After Hemopoietic Cell Transplantation
7. Acute Reaction to Red Cells: What Lies Beneath?
8. Dial M for HeMolysis
9. Rash and Hypotension During Transfusion
10. Breathless
11. Regular Transfusions, Iron, and Teenage Pregnancy
12. A Woman with Slurred Speech and Thrombocytopenia
13. Strong Tea or Coca-Cola
14. With a Little Help from Friends
15. Rare Blood
16. Who Is the Donor?
17. The Matchmaker
18. The Bruised Newborn
19. Learning from Refusal
20. The Stem Cell Donor
21. Heart of the Matter
22. Contagion
23. A Traumatic Experience
24. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
25. The Color Purple
26. Three
27. Double Jeopardy
28. A Modern-Day Chimera
29. More Than Meets the Eye

This thoroughly revised and updated case-based book describes a variety of clinical scenarios in transfusion medicine likely to be encountered in a busy teaching hospital. It highlights the stream of clinical and laboratory data available to transfusionists, while reviewing the critical thinking required to lead the decision-making process towards accurate diagnosis and appropriate management. Transfusion Medicine: Case Studies and Clinical Management is a lively illustration of various clinical problems in transfusion medicine, including immune complications, microbiological problems, blood component use, apheresis techniques and management of complex situations, such as multiple trauma, sickle cell crisis and organ transplantation. Each case is carefully chosen and presented, with incorporated questions leading the reader towards solution of the problem in a logical and didactic manner. It is therefore essential reading for all medical and scientific professionals involved in managing transfusion, from hematologists to obstetricians, surgeons, intensivists and immunologists.