Title | Trigger Factors in Transfusion Medicine [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the Twentieth International Symposium on Blood Transfusion, Groningen 1995, organized by the Red Cross Blood Bank Noord-Nederland / edited by C. Th. Smit Sibinga, P. C. Das, E. L. Snyder |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1996 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1287-1 |
Descript | XVI, 260 p. online resource |
I. Demand and Supply -- Customer-oriented Quality Systems in Transfusion -- Communication Mechanisms Between the Bedside and the Blood Bank -- Informed Consent for Transfusion Recipients: How much is enough? -- Factors That Influence the Demand for Transfusion -- The Process of Clinical Decision making in Blood Transfusion -- Discussion -- II. Product Qualities and Characteristics -- Factors defining the clinical needs for supportive haemotherapy -- Factors Effecting the Clinical Efficacy of Blood Transfusion -- The Clinical Relevance and Biological Effects of Leukocytes Present in Cellular Blood Components -- Platelets: What Qualities and Characteristics Do Justify the Need for Transfusion? -- The Clinical Relevance of Clotting Factor Characteristics -- Discussion -- III. Transfusion Policies and Clinical Pratice -- Fears, Facts and Formulas About Blood Transfusion: On the Perception, Acceptance and Communication of Risks -- Surgical Criteria for Blood Transfusion: How Far Should We Go? -- Transfusion Policies and Clinical Practice in a Tertiary Academic Medical Centre: The Role of Protocols and Documentation -- Choice of Transfusing Single Donor Apheresis vs Random Pooled Platelets โ Its Costs -- Ethical Aspects of the Transfusion of Blood -- What Triggers the Initiative of Developments in Transfusion Medicine: Advances in Ex Vivo Haematopoietic Cell Therapy and Next Generation Transfusion Products -- Discussion -- IV. Evaluation and Feed-Back of Transfusion Policies -- Evaluation of Bedside Transfusion Practice: Benefits vs Risks -- The Clinical Consultative Role of the Blood Bank in Transfusion Medicine -- Audits in Transfusion Medicine: A Trigger Mechanism to Optimise Clinical Practice -- Legislative and Regulative Impact on Transfusion Medicine Practices -- Discussion