The clinical use of Blood handbook, provides a handy guide to the apropriate use of blood at all levels of the health care systems. It is designed to provide a quick reference to transfusion, particularly when an urgent clinical decisions is required. It summarizes key information from a more extensive moduleof learning material: The
clinical use of blood. Both the module and handbookhave been prepared by an international team of clinical and blood transfusionspecialist and reviewed by relevant who departments and critical readers froma
range of specialties from all regions of the world. The handbook introducesthe principles of the appropriate use of blood and blood products and outlines the characteristics and indications for use of intravenous replacement fluids, whole blood components and plasma derivatives. It provides a detailed guideto clinical transfusion procedures and the recognition and management of transfusion reactions. Comprehensive guidance is given on transfusion and alternatives to transfusion in the areas of general medicine,
obstetrics, paediatrics and neonatology, surgery and anaesthesia, trauma and acute surgery, and burns,Key points, tables and algorithms are highlighted for easy reference and a comprehensive index is included.