Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine: A Case Study Approach

ISBN-13: 9783319366425 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 180 str.

Mark T. Friedman; Kamille a. West; Peyman Bizargity

Opis

This volume is a collection of immunohematology and transfusion medicine cases, comprised of clinical vignettes and antibody panels with questions based on each case, arranged in a workbook format. The cases are based on real patient problems which are typically encountered and covers a number of common issues and challenging problems in blood banking and transfusion practice. Discussion and resolution of each case is provided in a separate answer section, including up-to-date information on pertinent advances in the field.Written by experts in the field, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine: A Case Study Approach provides an interactive tool to help make blood banking and transfusion medicine memorable, practical, and relevant to residents and fellows.

Recenzje

"The purpose is to provide an overview of approaches to immunohematology problems. ... This book is intended for trainees who already have a basic foundation of immunohematology knowledge, so it would be most useful to trainees, educators and/or practitioners in blood banking, transfusion medicine, laboratory medicine, or clinical hematology. ... This is a must for anyone interested in immunohematology -- it is a great book for learning immunohematology." (Valerie L. Ng, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2016)

Spis treści

Case 1  Basic Single Antibody Identification- How Hard Can It Be?

Case 2 Rhesus Pieces

Case 3 Cold Case

Case 4 Child’s Play
 
Case 5 I Can “See” Clearly Now

Case 6 You Really “Oughta” Get This

Case 7 What the Kell

Case 8 EeeeeK!!!

Case 9 Are You Kidding?

Case 10 G-Force

Case 11 Hide and Seek

Case 12 The Transfusion Reaction

Case 13 What’s this Junk?

Case 14 Playing with Enzymes

Case 15 The Platelet Transfusion

Case 16 Differential Alloadsorption
 
Case 17 Hey, How Did That Antibody Get There?

Case 18 I Can’t Stop the Hemolysis! 

Case 19 Just Another Autoantibody

Case 20 I Got You Baby

Case 21 “You” Got that Right

Case 22 The Case of Low Platelets
 
Case 23 The Perils of Transfusing the Sickle Cell Patient

Case 24 To KB or not to KB, that is the Question

Case 25 It May do Harm

Case 26 Fuggedaboutit

Case 27 Bad Medicine

Case 28 In the Clouds

Case 29 Emergency! 

Case 30 Time to Change the Plasma

Case 31 Do the Math!

Case 32 Eight is Enough! 

Case 33 Cruising for a Bruising

Case 34 Help, I Can’t Stop the Bleeding!

Case 35 Saving Blood

O autorze

Mark T. Friedman, DO
Medical Director, Blood Bank and Transfusion Service, Director, Pathology Residency Program, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Mount Sinai Health System, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Centers, New York, NY, USA

Kamille West, MD
Clinical Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA

Peyman Bizargity, MD
Mount Sinai Health System, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Centers, New York, NY, USA