Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery 1/e

Transfusion Free Medicine and Surgery provides a comprehensive
approach to a new paradigm shift in the field of blood management.

The principles are easy and this platform provides an all-inclusive
review of red blood cell production, oxygen delivery, coagulation and
the role of blood transfusion in an intensive care setting.
Controversial as it may sound, this book opens the door for
ethical/legal debates, by putting them into perspective and providing
answers to perplexing situations. The economics of blood transfusion
and the hidden costs that allude the clinician are also brought into
the equation.



Why Buy This Book?

*Provides the groundwork for developing a successful transfusion-free
clinical program

*Includes all key issues related to blood products, blood transfusion
and transfusion-free medicine and surgery

*Discusses controversial issues associated with this new and fast
moving field

*Includes self-assessment questions to help the reader with their
continuing professional education and development




-Contents -


Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements

1. Legal and Administrative issues related to Transfusion Free
Medicine and Surgery.
2. Transfusion therapy: Balancing the Risks and Benefits
3. Preoperative Management and Preparation for Transfusion Free
Surgery
4. Intraoperative Strategies for Transfusion Free Surgery
5. Current View of the Coagulation System
6. The Physiology of Anaemia and the Threshold for Blood Transfusion
7. Post-operative Management in Transfusion Free Medicine and Surgery
in the ICU
8. Blood Conservation in the Critically Ill Patient
9. Feasibility of Transfusion Free Medicine and Surgery
10. The Changing Transfusion Practice of Neonatal and Pediatric
Surgery
11. Cost of Blood Product Transfusion
12. Oxygen Therapeutic: The quest for artificial blood
13. Physician certification for transfusion free program











About the Authors

Professor Nicolas Jabbour, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Associate
Director Liver Transplantation Surgery, Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California, USA