Overview
- Offers practical guidelines for transfusion tailored to specific ICU patient populations
- Summarizes results from clinical trials performed in the past decade which have studied transfusion triggers for red blood cells, plasma, and platelets in the ICU
- Provides background on the pathophysiology of anemia in the critically ill, the tolerance of specific patient groups to anemia and the purpose of red blood cell transfusion
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“This book reviews transfusion thresholds and data surrounding the use of blood products in various populations of critically ill patients. … With its easy-to-read style, this book is appropriate for practitioners at all levels and disciplines working in the critical care unit. Trauma practitioners, neurosurgeons, and cardiothoracic specialists also may benefit from these focused reviews. … This is a timely review of a rapidly evolving field.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Book Reviews, January, 2015)Editors and Affiliations
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Book Title: Transfusion in the Intensive Care Unit
Editors: Nicole P. Juffermans, Timothy S. Walsh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08735-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-08734-4Published: 20 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-08735-1Published: 30 September 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 187
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Cardiac Surgery, Hematology