Full Description
To reduce transfusion-related morbidity and mortality, it is recommended that an integrated approach to blood management is employed using all available tools to reduce a patient's exposure to donor blood. Meeting the need for a book covering the concepts of blood management as a trend towards multidisciplinary blood management, this new edition is an important resource, providing healthcare professionals with a tool to develop background knowledge in blood management, its organization, methods and tools. Practicing clinicians will be fully prepared to successfully start and run blood management programs.
Contents
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
