DESCRIPTION:
Using a practical approach, the Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking provides veterinary practitioners with evidence-based guidelines to refer to at the clinical practice level.
- Provides evidence-based information on transfusion medicine and blood banking practices
- Presents sections on recipient screening, donor selection, blood collection and storage, and how to meet blood product demands
- Includes useful protocols for transfusions and blood banking relevant to clinical practice
- Incorporates the balanced perspectives of veterinarians and veterinary technicians
- Contains information pertaining to large, small, and exotic animals
CONTENTS:
Section I: Introduction to Veterinary Transfusion Medicine
Chapter 1: Evolution of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking
Chapter 2: Component Therapy
Section II: Blood Products
Chapter 3: Red Blood Cell Products
Chapter 4: Plasma Products
Chapter 5: Platelet Products
Chapter 6: Hemoglobin-based Oxygen Carrier (HBOC) Solutions
Chapter 7: Alternative Plasma Protein Products: Albumin and Human Immunoglobulin Therapy
Chapter 8: Miscellaneous Blood Product Usage
Section III: Blood Product Administration
Chapter 9: Canine Recipient Screening
Chapter 10: Feline Recipient Screening
Chapter 11: Transfusion-Associated Complications
Chapter 12: Recipient Monitoring
Section IV: Blood Banking
Chapter 13: Canine Donor Selection
Chapter 14: Canine Blood Collection
Chapter 15: Feline Donor Selection
Chapter 16: Feline Blood Collection
Chapter 17: Blood Component Processing and Storage
Section V: Meeting Blood Product Demands
Chapter 18: Blood Product Sources
Chapter 19: Donor Program Management
Chapter 20: Limiting Allogenic Blood Transfusions
Chapter 21: Alternative Transfusion Methods
Section VI: Transfusion Medicine in Other Species
Chapter 22: Equine Transfusion Medicine
Chapter 23: Food and Fiber Animal Transfusion Medicine
Chapter 24: Avian Transfusion Medicine
Chapter 25: Small Mammal Transfusion Medicine
Chapter 26: Reptiles and Amphibian Transfusion Medicine
Chapter 27: Primate Transfusion Medicine
