Main description:

The latest edition of this volume features an extensively revised and expanded 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 text presents cases based on real patient problems that 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. This second edition also contains new cases on topics not previously covered, including types of compatibility testing, polyagglutination, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, immunohematology test drug interference, granulocyte transfusion, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, and the approach to the bloodless patient.

Written by experts in the field, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine: A Case Study Approach, Second Edition provides an interactive tool that makes blood banking and transfusion medicine memorable, practical, and relevant to residents and fellows.

Contents:

1 Basic Single Antibody Identification: How Hard Can It Be? 2 Rhesus Pieces 3 Crossmatch Crisscross 4 Cold Case 5 Buried Treasure 6 I Can "See" Clearly Now 7 You Really "Oughta" Get This 8 What the Kell 9 EeeeeK!!! 10 Are You Kidding? 11 G-Force 12 Hide and Seek 13 The Transfusion Reaction 14 What's This Junk? 15 Playing with Enzymes 16 The Platelet Transfusion 17 Differential Alloadsorption 18 Hey, How Did that Antibody Get There? 19 I Can't Stop the Hemolysis! 20 Just Another Autoantibody 21 I Got You Baby 22 "You" Got that Right 23 The Case of Low Platelets 24 The Perils of Transfusing the Sickle Cell Patient 25 To KB or Not to KB, that is the Question 26 It May Do Harm 27 Fuggedaboutit 28 Decisions, Decisions! 29 Oh! Are You My Type? 30 Talking 'Bout Next Generation 31 Bad Medicine 32 Passengers and Hitchhikers 33 In the Clouds 34 How "Dara" You! 35 Polly Wants a Cracker! 36 Hot & Cold 37 Mix and Match 38 Golden Grans 39 I "PiTTy" Thee 40 All Washed Up 41 The Red Pee 42 Baby Fate 43 Thromboelastography, My Dear Doctor 44 Spoiled Rotten! 45 Bad Blood 46 Emergency! 47 Time to Change the Plasma 48 Do the Math! 49 Eight is Enough! 50 It's So "Vonderful" 51 Cruising for a Bruising 52 Help, I Cannot Stop the Bleeding! 53 Saving Blood 54 Of Wind and Water 55 The "Unfraction" Reaction 56 Holy Cow! ("I'm Bloodless")