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John Daily's Notes On Blood

With this book you can master the basics of blood physiology and related topics and enjoy the experience! Previous editions of Dailey's Notes on Blood were twice featured by the Nurse's Book Society, and the second edition won an Award for Excellence in Medical Communication from the New England chapter of the American Medical Writers Association. The fourth edition is completely revised and updated. It includes recent advances in the field plus 8 new chapters including: Diseases of the Blood, Bone Marrow Transplantation and Transfusion-free Medicine. You'll find the information you need to know quickly and easily. Instructors will value the numerous teaching aids the author employs including quick reference margin words, review questions with answers for each chapter, 47 clear illustrations, comprehensive glossary, appendix of blood values, bibliography, index, and table of contents.

Blood

BLOOD offers greater coverage of blood physiology, immunology, transfusions, transfusion complications, autologous blood recovery, and other subjects found in Dailey's Notes on Blood. Additional topics, such as special circulations, MHC, apheresis, oxygen transport, and bone marrow transplant, are covered. Also included are 78 commonly ordered blood tests, with uses, results, and value indications. 576 pages, 68 illustrations, Table of Contents, Preface.

"Blood admirably meets its goal of providing accurate, easy-to-understand, detailed information about every aspect of the production, structure, circulation, function, testing, and use of blood and its many components. The book is clearly organized and contains numerous features to enhance learning. The text is highly readable and a ready reference for students and professionals in life sciences and health care. ... put this text at the top of the acquisition list for any library serving students in allied health sciences and make it essential reading for perfusionists, nurses, and others who care for patients with hematologic disorders." American Medical Writers Association Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, Spring 2000

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.

Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery

Essential guide to the new field of transfusion-free medicine and surgery - written by leading experts in the field.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.

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

An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce

Don't faint! Blood may be a highly charged substance, symbolic of our spirit and essential for life, but we can gain much from reflecting on its power over us. Science journalist Douglas Starr has examined the history of blood's medical uses, and his report is at once intellectually engaging and emotionally compelling. Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce covers the late 17th century to the present, detailing experiments with animal blood (one violent madman was briefly calmed by infused calf's blood), the long ban on transfusions, direct artery-to-vein suture between donor and recipient, and today's global blood-banking industry. It's a great story that shows the long climb from great risk and heroism to relative safety.

Our greatest stumble during this climb--the AIDS crisis of the 1980s--is the meat of the book. How could it have happened? Why were so many people given contaminated blood products after clear warnings about the risks of infection? Starr is unafraid to name names and lay bare the political and financial decisions that condemned so many thousands of hemophiliacs and surgical patients to early deaths. Those who don't learn from the past are bound to repeat it; Starr aims to help us keep the blood off of our hands. --Rob Lightner --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Your Body, Your Choice

Your Body, Your Choice is the first book addressed to the lay person on the revolutionary scientific advancements currently challenging the whole practice of one of medicine's oldest therapies - blood transfusion.

The long and widely accepted notion that donated blood is the "gift of life" has been thrust under the microscope. Scientific scrutiny is providing quite conclusively that the old notion is deeply flawed. Indeed, all too often, the "gift of life" has become the "bringer of death."

By Shannon Farmer and David Webb

Development and Implementation of a Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program: An article from: Journal of Healthcare Management

Bloodless medicine is quality medical care employing alternative nonblood medical management as well as minimizing blood loss. It was initiated in the 1980s through the organized efforts of Jehovah's Witnesses, which began in Canada and spread to the US. Implementation of a bloodless medicine and surgery program requires a cultural transformation and greater coordination of specialists and caregivers. The overall goal was to respect the wishes of patients, treat the members of our community individually, and honor a patient's conscience and concerns without compromise. We achieved this through diversity recognition, training, and collaboration as we established the first HLC-recognized program for bloodless medicine and surgery in our community and in our state.

This digital document is an article from Journal of Healthcare Management, most recently published by Health Administration Press on December 31, 2004. The length of the article is 2302 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.