Maniatis / Hardy / van der Linden Alternatives to Blood Transfusion in Transfusion Medicine

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4766-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 608 Seiten, E-Book

Meeting the needs of patients while minimizing blood transfusionsrequires special expertise, precise monitoring and innovativetechniques. This cutting-edge resource covers all the importantclinical aspects of transfusion medicine in diverse clinicalsettings, with a special emphasis on alternatives to transfusion.
Edited by a multidisciplinary team consisting of a transfusionspecialist, an anesthesiologist and an intensive care specialistthis book is endorsed by the Network for Advancement of TransfusionAlternatives. The contributors review the appropriate use of fluidsand of blood products, and describe the latest treatment optionsavailable to decrease the need for allogeneic blood productsincluding:
* Argon beam
* Cell saver
* Harmonic scalpel
* Normovolemic haemodilution
* Synthetic erythropoietin
* Antifibrinolytics
* Recombinant factor VIIa
* Advanced monitoring of hemostasis
* Intravenous iron
The new edition is a key reference source for all those involvedin the practice of blood management and conservation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maniatis, Alice

Hardy, Jean-François

van der Linden, Phillipe

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Alice Maniatis, Haematology Department of InternalMedicine, University of Greece, Athens, Greece and former Presidentof Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives (NATA).
Dr Jean-Francois Hardy, Department of Anesthesia,Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec, Canada and on the Board ofDirectors of NATA.
Dr Phillipe van der Linden, Department of Anesthesiologyand Intensive Care, Brussels, Belguim and on the Board of Directorsof NATA.