Full Description
Information on transfusion reactions other than infectious diseases is reviewed and updated in this publication. It covers topics such as clinical presentation, pathophysiology, treatment and laboratory treatment of red cell haemolysis.
Contents
Immunobiology of haemolytic transfusion reactions, R. Davenport; laboratory investigation of transfusion-associated haemolysis, S.M. Wilson; granulocyte-associated transfusion reactions, L. Boyle and S.B. Moore; lymphocyte reactions, S. Leitman; adverse reactions to platelet transfusion, J. McFarland; plasma protein reactions, P.J. DeChristopher; bacterial contamination of blood components, R. Yomtovian; transfusion reactions not mediated by the immune system, J. Perkins.
