Short description:

The latest edition of this volume features an extensively revised and expanded collection of immunohematology and transfusion medicine case studies, comprised of clinical vignettes and antibody panels with questions following each case. Arranged in a workbook format, the text presents cases based on real patient problems 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. This third edition updates information on existing case chapters and references and adds a variety of new case chapters. The enhanced title of this edition reflects upon the wider array of covered topics, including in-depth case studies of hemostasis and a second section with blood donation and cellular therapy topics. New features include a key to covered topics for each case and a case-difficulty rating scale.

Written by experts in the field, Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy: A Case Study Approach, Third Edition is an interactive tool that makes blood banking and transfusion medicine memorable, practical, and relevant to residents, fellows, laboratory technologists, and anyone interested in gaining and updating their knowledge in the field

Long description:

The latest edition of this volume features an extensively revised and expanded collection of immunohematology and transfusion medicine case studies, comprised of clinical vignettes and antibody panels with questions following each case. Arranged in a workbook format, the text presents cases based on real patient problems 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. This third edition updates information on existing case chapters and references and adds a variety of new case chapters. The enhanced title of this edition reflects upon the wider array of covered topics, including in-depth case studies of hemostasis and a second section with blood donation and cellular therapy topics. New features include a key to covered topics for each case and a case-difficulty rating scale.

Written by experts in the field, Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy: A Case Study Approach, Third Edition is an interactive tool that makes blood banking and transfusion medicine memorable, practical, and relevant to residents, fellows, laboratory technologists, and anyone interested in gaining and updating their knowledge in the field

Table of Contents:

Basic Antibody Identification: It?s All Greek to Me....-Rhesus Pieces.- The ABC?s of ABO Discrepancy.- Crossmatch Crisscross.- Cold Case.- I ?PiTTy? Thee.- Buried Treasure.- I Can See Clearly Now?.- You Really ?Oughta? Get This?.- What the Kell!.- EeeeeK!!!.- Are You Kidding?.- Oh! Are You My Type?.- Hey, How Did That Antibody Get There?.- Don?t ?Cryo? for FFP, Marge and Tina.- Radioactive.- Je Ne Sais Pas.- Wo Rho, No!.- G-Force.- Hide and Seek.- Reaction Infraction.- What?s This Junk?.- Chiller.- The Platelet Transfusion.- Just Another Autoantibody.- I Got You Baby.- You Got That Right?.- The Case of Low Platelets.- Dial M for Maternal Antibody.- Decisions, Decisions!.- Bad Medicine.- All Washed Up.- The Red Pee.- Emergency!.- AB-solutely Necessary!.- Cruising for a Bruising.- Head Shot!.- Carpe Diem!.- Proficiency Deficiency.- Six Degrees of Separation.- Eltromplostimwhat?.- L?inspecteur.- Chairman of the Board.- Enzymatic Fanatic.- Stop the Hemolysis!.- To KB or Not to KB, That Isthe Question.- Fuggedaboutit.- Gene Genius.- In the Clouds.- Hot and Cold.- Baby Fate.- Thromboelastography, My Dear Doctor.- Malus Sanguis!.- Do the Math!.- Eight is Enough!.- It?s So ?Vonderful?.- Of Wind and Water.- Thromboelastography, My Dear Doctor Revisited.- Serendipity, C?est La Vie.- Omakase Medicine. Caveat Emptor! Don?t Trim the Facts..- Oops! Something went Wrong....- It?s Complicated.- The Perils of Transfusing the Sickle Cell Patient.- Passengers and Hitchhikers.- How ?Dara? You!.- Polly Wants a Cracker!.- Golden Grans.- Spoiled Rotten!.- ?HIT? Me with Your Best Shot!.- Holy Cow! (?I?m Bloodless?).- Identity Crisis.- Wolf Bite.- The X Files.- Heavy Metal.- Aggregation Aggravation.- IDA? IDK..- Clots of Love.- Tragic!.- Snakes and a Plane!.- Unparalleled Experience.- Coagulation Testing: Looking Beyond the PT and aPTT.- KB Conundrum.- Gem City Fallout.- Prime Time.- Total Recall.- The Young and Restless.- Of Broken Vows and Mad Cows.- The ?ART? of ?PEP? Talk: All ?PrEP?-ped and Ready..-Don?t Lean on Me, Just Show Me the Money.- Some Nerve!.- A Family Affair.- Liquid Gold.- "STEM" Education.- Mix and Match.- ?CAR T?-esian Thinking.