Perioperative Transfusion Medicine

Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, this volume is the most comprehensive, current reference on perioperative transfusion medicine and coagulation. It provides complete information on all current blood products and transfusion risks, transfusion and coagulation issues during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods, and specific concerns in each surgical subspecialty. Eighteen new chapters in this edition cover blood shortages, economic concerns, emergency needs, virus transmission, parasitic and septic risks, immunosuppression risks, non-infectious risks, production and storage issues, hemoglobin-based oxygen-carrying solutions, perfluorocarbon-based oxygen-carrying solutions, preoperative plateletphoresis, volume resuscitation, antifibrinolytics, aprotinin, DDAVP, platelet inhibitors, burn patients, and post-surgical stress response.FEATURES: Details what you need to know about the storage and administration of bloodFocuses on indications for transfusion, methods to avoid, pharmacologic adjustments, and technical equipment usageDr. Spiess is well known in the field and in the surgical settingContributors are from a broad base of specialties: (anesthesiologists, surgeons, blood banking specialists)Includes current infectious disease concerns (AIDS)Differentiates the needs of different patient typesNEW TO THIS EDITION: Many new chapters including blood shortages, economics, virus transmission, parasitic and septic risks, emergency needs, immunosuppression risks, non-infectious risks, production and storage issues