Basics of Blood Management

Dr Petra Seeber, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Pain Management and Emergency Medicine, HELIOS Klinik, Blankenhain, Germany.Aryeh Shander, MD, is Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, Chief, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ.Dr Shander lectures nationally and internationally on a variety of topics relating to blood conservation, volume resuscitation, acute anemia therapy, surgical blood management, acute normovolemic hemodilution and bloodless medicine and surgery. His publications have appeared in The Lancet, the journal Transfusion, and Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine, for which he serves in Editorial and Scientific Boards.He serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management and is Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the American College of Chest Physicians. Dr Schander is a member of the American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists where he serves on committees, both locally and nationally, and in addition, is a member of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and a founding member of the American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (ASCCA). In 1997 Dr Shander was recommended by Time magazine as one of America's "Heroes of Medicine".

• Preface, viiPreface to the First Edition, viii1 History and Organization of Blood Management, 12 Physiology of Anemia and Oxygen Transport, 93 Anemia Therapy I: Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents, 214 Anemia Therapy II: Hematinics, 365 Growth Factors, 516 Fluid Management, 677 Chemistry of Hemostasis, 818 Recombinant Blood Products, 1009 Artificial Blood, 10910 Oxygen Therapy, 12411 Preparation of the Patient for Surgery, 13912 Iatrogenic Blood Loss, 16013 Physical Methods of Hemostasis, 17314 Anesthesia—More than Sleeping, 19115 Use of Autologous Blood, 20116 Cell Salvage, 21217 Blood-Derived Pharmaceuticals, 22918 Transfusion Medicine, 24519 Step by Step to an Organized Blood Management Program, 26220 Law, Ethics, Religion, and Blood Management, 285Appendix A: Detailed Information, 297Appendix B: Sources of Information for Blood Management, 305Appendix C: Program Tools and Forms, 309Appendix D: Teaching Aids: Research and Projects, 323Index, 327

“This is a valuable guide if you are interested in setting up a blood management program for your organization.”  (Doody’s, 15 February 2013)