Transfusion Medicine

By Jeffrey McCullough

Clinically focused transfusion therapy guidance updated for current practice

Now in its Sixth Edition, Transfusion Medicine provides clinically focused coverage of blood banking and transfusion therapy. This edition has been fully updated and revised to reflect developments since the Fifth Edition, including advances in clinical practice and the significant impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the field. A new section addresses transfusion during the pandemic and its consequences for blood supply and donor recruitment.

From donor management and blood collection through laboratory testing and clinical application, this edition covers hemoglobin thresholds across clinical scenarios, management of acute traumatic blood loss, adverse reactions to transfusion, and expanded discussion of the HLA system in transplantation. New content addresses molecular testing for blood group identification, pathogen-reduced blood products, novel cellular therapies including CAR T cells and mesenchymal stem cells, patient blood management programs, and the increasing variety of donors for stem cell transplantation.

Readers will also find: Extensive references throughout each chapter enabling rapid access to primary literature for further investigation on specific topics Coverage of quality programs in blood banking addressing operational questions relevant to daily laboratory and clinical practice Discussion of the current US blood supply landscape including platelet shortages and evolving donor recruitment challenges Practical guidance on the laboratory implementation of molecular testing in clinical blood group identification A balance of breadth and clinical depth that serves equally well as background reading for trainees and as an operational reference for daily practice.

Written for transfusion medicine physicians, fellows, pathology residents, hematology and oncology practitioners, surgeons, anesthesiologists, laboratory technologists, and non-medical professionals working in blood banking and transfusion services, Transfusion Medicine delivers the clinical depth and operational guidance needed by anyone involved in transfusion practice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1394395329
• ISBN13: 9781394395323
• Release Date: June 2027
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 656 Pages

Customer Reviews

Wonderful book--should be required reading

There is an enormous amount of info packed into this relatively small and easy to read paperback!!! Now in its second edition (fortunate, because my first edition text is pretty well worn from use & study), this book gets slightly larger but still should be required reading for any path resident while on the TransMed service----you can easily get through it in a month. I also found it a fantastic resource when studying for transmed boards (although that's been a numer of years ago for me). At the time, I'm pretty sure Dr. McCullough wrote many of the boards questions!!! hint, hint Now that I am in practice as a general pathologist, I still occasionally turn to this little book! BUY IT!

Really, Really, REALLY Good!

This book, like the first edition, is a truly excellent review of basic concepts in Transfusion Medicine, with enough advanced concepts and details to satisfy pathology residents studying for board exams. Dr. McCullough has gone out of his way to produce a book that is as current as can be, reads easily, and is just plain stuffed full of practical and theoretical information! An added bonus is that since Dr. McCullough (a former editor of the journal TRANSFUSION) authored all but one of the chapters, the book does not suffer from the uneven writing that damages too many Blood Banking books. He is a terrific writer, and this is an outstanding book.

An Outstanding Review of Transfusion Medicine!

This book is a clear and concise review of the major, and in some cases not so major, areas of transfusion medicine. It is well written with a very clear style. The content coverage is superb and the appropriate references are given allowing one to track concepts back to their source.Other books offer more in-depth review of the individual topics discussed but this book does the best job of evenly covering the major topics at a level appropriate for residents, fellows, and physicians interested in transfusion medicine. This book should be required introductory reading for all clinical pathology residents.