Transfusion Therapy: Clinical Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition. Paul D. Mintz, editor. Bethesda, MD: AABB Press, 2005, 690 pp., $185.00, hardcover. ISBN 1-56395-185-1.

摘要

This excellent book immediately throws the reader into the “pointy end” of transfusion practice—clinical decision making at the bedside. The first 11 chapters cover a range of clinical areas and conditions in which transfusion frequently plays a primary or supportive role. The first chapter in particular, Component Therapy before Bedside Procedures, by Walter Dzik, challenges us to consider the evidence for our practice and the assumptions we make. …