This volume is a collection of immunohematology and transfusion medicine cases, comprised of clinical vignettes and antibody panels with questions based on each case, arranged in a workbook format. The cases are based on real patient problems which are typically encountered 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.
Written by experts in the field, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine: A Case Study Approach provides an interactive tool to help make blood banking and transfusion medicine memorable, practical, and relevant to residents and fellows.
Case 1 ?Basic Single Antibody Identification- How Hard Can It Be?
Case 2?Rhesus Pieces
Case 3?Cold Case
Case 4?Childs Play
Case 5?I Can See Clearly Now
Case 6?You Really Oughta Get This
Case 7?What the Kell
Case 8?EeeeeK!!!
Case 9?Are You Kidding?
Case 10?G-Force
Case 11?Hide and Seek
Case 12?The Transfusion Reaction
Case 13?Whats this Junk?
Case 14?Playing with Enzymes
Case 15?The Platelet Transfusion
Case 16?Differential Alloadsorption
Case 17?Hey, How Did That Antibody Get There?
Case 18?I Cant Stop the Hemolysis!?
Case 19?Just Another Autoantibody
Case 20?I Got You Baby
Case 21?You Got that Right
Case 22?The Case of Low Platelets
Case 23?The Perils of Transfusing the Sickle Cell Patient
Case 24?To KB or not to ld