IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE. A CASE STUDY APPROACH

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.

Authors
Mark T. Friedman, DO
Medical Director, Blood Bank and Transfusion Service, Director, Pathology Residency Program, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Mount Sinai Health System, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Centers, New York, NY, USA
Kamille West, MD
Clinical Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
Peyman Bizargity, MD
Mount Sinai Health System, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Centers, New York, NY, USA

Table of contents (35 chapter)
1.Basic Single Antibody Identification: How Hard Can It Be?
2.Rhesus Pieces
3.Cold Case
4.Child’s Play
5.I Can “See” Clearly Now
6.You Really “Oughta” Get This
7.What the Kell
8.EeeeeK!!!
9.Are You Kidding?
10.G-Force
11.Hide and Seek
12.The Transfusion Reaction
13.What’s This Junk?
14.Playing with Enzymes
15.The Platelet Transfusion
16.Differential Alloadsorption
17.Hey, How Did That Antibody Get There?
18.I Can’t Stop the Hemolysis!
19.Just Another Autoantibody
20.I Got You Baby
21. “You” Got that Right
22.The Case of Low Platelets
23.The Perils of Transfusing the Sickle Cell Patient
24.To KB or Not to KB, That is the Question
25.It May Do Harm
26.Fuggedaboutit
27.Bad Medicine
28.In the Clouds
29.Emergency!
30.Time to Change the Plasma
31.Do the Math!
32.Eight is Enough!
33.Cruising for a Bruising
34.Help, I Cannot Stop the Bleeding!
35.Saving Blood