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Recommended Books on Blood Transfusion
Blood: 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 LightnerEssence and emblem of life--feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times--human blood is now the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commerce. It is a commerce whose impact upon humanity rivals that of any other business--millions of lives have been saved by blood and its various derivatives, and tens of thousands of lives have been lost. Douglas Starr tells how this came to be, in a sweeping history that ranges through the centuries.
With the dawn of science, blood came to be seen as a component of human anatomy, capable of being isolated, studied, used. Starr describes the first documented transfusion: In the seventeenth century, one of Louis XIV's court physicians transfers the blood of a calf into a madman to "cure" him. At the turn of the twentieth century a young researcher in Vienna identifies the basic blood groups, taking the first step toward successful transfusion. Then a New York doctor finds a way to stop blood from clotting, thereby making all transfusion possible.
In the 1930s, a Russian physician, in grisly improvisation, successfully uses cadaver blood to help living patients--and realizes that blood can be stored. The first blood bank is soon operating in Chicago.
During World War II, researchers, driven by battlefield needs, break down blood into usable components that are more easily stored and transported. This "fractionation" process--accomplished by a Harvard team--produces a host of pharmaceuticals, setting the stage for the global marketplace to come. Plasma, precisely because it can be made into long-lasting drugs, is shipped and traded for profit; today it is a $5 billion business.
The author recounts the tragic spread of AIDS through the distribution of contaminated blood products, and describes why and how related scandals have erupted around the world. Finally, he looks at the latest attempts to make artificial blood.
Douglas Starr has written a groundbreaking book that tackles a subject of universal and urgent importance and explores the perils and promises that lie ahead.
Transfusion Medicine in Practice
Transfusion Medicine in Practice focuses on the clinical applications of transfusion, discussing the different settings in which transfusion is carried out, including surgery, transplant, trauma, intensive care, and pediatric neonatal and obstetric cases. The text also includes a full discussion of transfusion products and how to use them, pharmacologic products as an alternative to blood, and transfusion service management. This practical reference on the clinical practice of transfusion will be an invaluable resource for all those involved in the use of blood and blood products.
Modern Transfusion Medicine Modern Transfusion Medicine is an ideal source of easy reading and reference for those who require succinct, up-to-date information on the practicalities of transfusion medicine. It examines the collection, preparation, clinical uses, and adverse effects of blood and its components. Written by experts to bridge the gap between specialist monographs and traditional, theoretical textbooks, this compact and invaluable reference contains a wide body of current knowledge previously unpublished as a single volume.
Practical Guide To Transfusion Medicine, 2nd edition Ideal for every student of clinical transfusion medicine, those who deal with transfusing blood on a daily basis and need a handy reference, or practitioners just looking for an informative resource on the subject matter, Practical Guide to Transfusion Medicine, 2nd edition, has been updated and expanded to provide guidance in the day-to-day clinical aspects of transfusing blood. This is the book clinicians and nurses wish they had in the wards, emergency or operating room and doctors wish they had in their residency and fellowships.
Topics addressed in this edition: Indications for transfusion. Infectious and non-infectious adverse effects of transfusion. Transfusion alternatives. Blood group antigens and antibodies. Plasma derivatives. Transfusion in emergencies. Therapeutic apheresis. Transfusion service management. Special patient populations. Component administration.
Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Modulation for Utility Packet Transmission in Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A278704. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: This thesis investigates the feasibility and performance of using Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum (DSSS) modulation for utility-packet transmission in Seaweb underwater wireless acoustic communications networks, Seaweb networks require robust channel-tolerant utility packets having a low probability of detection (LPD) and allowing for multi-user access, MATLAB code simulated the DSSS transmitter and receiver structures and a modeled channel impulse response represented the underwater environment, The specific modulation scheme implemented is direct-sequence, differentially encoded binary phase-shift keying (DS-DBPSK) with quadrature spreading, Performance is examined using Monte Carlo simulation Bit error rates and packet error rates for various signal-to- noise ratios and channel conditions are presented and the use of a RAKE receiver, forward error-correction coding and symbol interleaving are examined for improving system performance.
Quality Control: Component of Process Control in Blood Banks Designed to provide you with a better understanding of how quality control relates to process control & a quality assurance process, this book provides applicable tools needed to implement quality control.
Practical Transfusion Medicine for the Small Animal Practitioner (Made Easy Series) (Made Easy Series) A 'Bench level' guide to routinely performed laboratory procedures in a transfusion service for dogs and cats. An excellent resource for in-service training of office personnel at any level of experience.
Blood Safety and Surveillance
Presenting the most up-to-date and authoritative reference on the risks and risk-prevention strategies of blood transfusions, Blood Safety and Surveillance compiles a breadth of information on the reactions, immunological complications, and potential for disease transmission related to blood transfusions in a broad context. Combines numerous resources to become the ideal, multifaceted one-stop handbook! Balancing medical concerns with in-depth scientific research, Blood Safety and Surveillance · describes a host of reactions and potential sources of infection in blood transfusions · considers common and rare transmissible diseases around the world, such as the human immunodeficiency, hepatitis, and human T-lymphotropic viruses · reviews parasitic and tickborne diseases, including a description of the transmission of babesiosis · studies alternatives to allogenic blood · examines cost- and time-effective techniques for reducing transfusion risks · elaborates on the latest red blood cell substitutes · targets preventable errors and accidents related to transfusions and the role of public health agencies in monitoring and regulating procedures · and more! Written by nearly 40 expert contributors and containing almost 2000 literature references, tables, drawings, and photographs, Blood Safety and Surveillance immeasurably improves the arsenal of knowledge of hematologists, infectious disease specialists, blood bank personnel, intensive and critical care physicians, internists, public health officials, health care managers, and medical school students in these disciplines.
Transfusion Medicine Revised and updated throughout, the 2nd Edition offers a concise, clinically focused, and practical approach to the diagnosis and management of the full range of issues in transfusion and blood banking. Jeffrey McCullough, MD, a national leader in the field, reviews the most common disorders involving red blood cells, white blood cells, and hemostasis, and examines each disease state with discussions of underlying pathophysiology, clinical features, up-to-date lab tests, and current management strategies.
Immunohematology: Principles and Practice Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis. Textbook for clinical laboratory technology students on immunohematology as applied to bloodbanking. Chapters include key words, objectives, and review questions. Illustrated. Previous edition: c1993. 19 U.S. contributors. DNLM: Blood Transfusion--methods.
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