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.
Author(s): Mark T Friedman, Kamille A West, Peyman Bizargity
Edition: 1st ed. 2015
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 180
Tags: Hematology; Blood Transfusion Medicine
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Basic Single Antibody Identification: How Hard Can It Be?....Pages 1-4
Rhesus Pieces....Pages 5-8
Cold Case....Pages 9-11
Child’s Play....Pages 13-16
I Can “See” Clearly Now....Pages 17-20
You Really “Oughta” Get This....Pages 21-26
What the Kell....Pages 27-31
EeeeeK!!!....Pages 33-38
Are You Kidding?....Pages 39-44
G-Force....Pages 45-50
Hide and Seek....Pages 51-55
The Transfusion Reaction....Pages 57-62
What’s This Junk?....Pages 63-66
Playing with Enzymes....Pages 67-71
The Platelet Transfusion....Pages 73-77
Differential Alloadsorption....Pages 79-86
Hey, How Did That Antibody Get There?....Pages 87-90
I Can’t Stop the Hemolysis!....Pages 91-95
Just Another Autoantibody....Pages 97-100
I Got You Baby....Pages 101-104
“You” Got that Right....Pages 105-108
The Case of Low Platelets....Pages 109-113
The Perils of Transfusing the Sickle Cell Patient....Pages 115-121
To KB or Not to KB, That is the Question....Pages 123-126
It May Do Harm....Pages 127-131
Fuggedaboutit....Pages 133-139
Bad Medicine....Pages 141-145
In the Clouds....Pages 147-151
Emergency!....Pages 153-155
Time to Change the Plasma....Pages 157-159
Do the Math!....Pages 161-164
Eight is Enough!....Pages 165-166
Cruising for a Bruising....Pages 167-169
Help, I Cannot Stop the Bleeding!....Pages 171-173
Saving Blood....Pages 175-177
Back Matter....Pages 179-180
