Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis: Clinical and Laboratory Aspects (Paperback)

I. BLOOD BANKING AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
Introduction of blood banking and transfusion medicine
A. Blood Donors and Donor Centers
Donation process
Component preparation and storage
Donor testing
Quality management from the donor center perspective

B. Hospital Transfusion Service
Pretransfusion testing
Blood group antigens and antibodies
Blood components
Special products and processes
Specific clinical settings
Transfusion reactions
Therapeutic apheresis
HPC cell collection and processing
Tissue banking
Quality management from the transfusion service perspective

II. COAGULATION
A. Overview of the coagulation system
Generalized patient approach
Neonatal thrombocytopenia
Inherited platelet function disorders
Immune thrombocytopenia
Immune mediated coagulopathies
Bleeding disorders
Acquired bleeding disorders

B. Laboratory testing of coagulation
General screening tests
Laboratory assessment of platelet function
Laboratory diagnosis of qualitative platelet disorders
Laboratory diagnosis of quantitative platelet disorders
Von Willebrand Disease
Laboratory assessment of presence and function of coagulation factors
Fibrinogen and fibrinolysis
Genetic tests for hypercoagulable state