Handbook of Pediatric Transfusion Medicine

Structured to be a companion to the recently published Handbook of Transfusion Medicine, the Handbook of Pediatric Transfusion Medicine is dedicated to pediatric hematology-oncology and transfusion medicine, a field which remains ambiguous and which has generated few comprehensive texts. This book stands alone as one of the few texts that addresses transfusion issues specific to pediatric medicine. Written in an eminently readable style, this authoritative handbook is a requirement for any pediatric physician or caregiver.

Neonatal and fetal immune response and in utero development issuesBlood compatability and pre-transfusion testing issues specific to pediatric and neonatal transfusionTherapeutic apheresis including red blood cell exchange and prophylactic chronic erythrocytapheresis for sickle cell patientsAlso includes a section that concentrates on the consent, quality and legal issues of blood transfusion and donation

Blood Donation
Component Preparation and Storage
Blood Components
Red Blood Cell Antigens and
Human Blood Groups
Pretransfusion Compatibility Testing
Serologic Investigation of Unexpected Antibodies
Leukoreduced Products: Prevention of Leukocyte-Related Transfusion-Associated Adverse Effects
Preparation of Blood Components to Reduce Cytomegalovirus and Other Infectious Risks
Irradiated Products
Washed and/or Volume-Reduced Blood Components
Technical Considerations/Mechanical Devices
Red Blood Cell Transfusions in the Neonate, Infant, Child, and Adolescent
Transfusion of the Pediatric Surgery, Trauma, and Intensive Care Unit Patient
Pediatric Transfusion in Developing Countries
Exchange Transfusion in the Infant
Granulocyte Transfusions in the Neonate and Child
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn
Hemoglobinopathies
The Bleeding Child: Congenital and Acquired Disorders
Transfusion of the Patient with Autoimmune Hemolysis
Platelet Transfusions in the Infant and Child
Bone Marrow–Derived Stem Cells
Peripheral Blood Stem Cells
Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells
Transfusion Reactions
Noninfectious Complications of Pediatric Transfusion
Infectious Complications
Therapeutic Apheresis
Therapeutic Cytapheresis
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Rationales and Indications
Appendix Transfusion Formulas