This comprehensive book is written to inform and improve outcomes of patients in need of blood management during surgical procedures. Information is presented in an accessible format, allowing for immediate use in clinical practice.

Beginning with an overview of the history of blood transfusions, early chapters present the foundational information needed to comprehend information in later chapters. Nuanced procedures, drugs, and techniques are covered, including new biologicals to assist clotting and blood substitutes. Further discussions focus on potential complications seen in blood transfusions, such as diseases of the coagulation system, pathogen transmissions, and acute lung injuries. Chapters also examine the complexities of treating specific demographics, of which include the geriatric patient and patients suffering from substance abuse. Essentials of Blood Product Management in Anesthesia Practice is an invaluable guide for anesthesiologists, surgeons, trauma physicians, and solid organ transplant providers.

Chapter 1. The History of Blood Transfusions

Chapter 2. Modern Blood Banking
Chapter 3. Blood Component Therapy
Chapter 4. The Coagulation System and Blood Clot Stability
Chapter 5. Fibrinolysis, Antifibrinolytic Agents, and Perioperative Considerations
Chapter 6. Hypercoagulation and Thrombotic Disorders
Chapter 7. Diseases or Conditions of Platelet Disorders
Chapter 8. Massive Transfusion Protocol
Chapter 9. New Biologicals to Assist Clotting
Chapter 10. Herbal Substances that Affect Hemostasis
Chapter 11. Ultrasound for Bleeding Disorders
Chapter 12. Complications of Blood Transfusions
Chapter 13. Diseases of the Coagulation System: Hemophilia, Von Willebrands Disease, cryoglobulinemia, inborn errors of factor synthesis
Chapter 14. Blood Conservation Strategies and Bloodless Medicine
Chapter 15. When Blood is Not an Option
Chapter 16. Blood Substitutes and Artificial Oxygen Carriers
Chapter 17. Preoperative Therapy for Anemia
Chapter 18. Blood Deployment in Natural Disasters and a Military in Conflict
Chapter 19. Commonly Prescribed Medications that Affect Clotting: A Comprehensive Overview
Chapter 20. Blood Transfusions in the Severe Trauma Patient
Chapter 21. Point of Care Tests in for Blood Coagulation in the Perioperative Period
Chapter 22. Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction and Inflammatory States
Chapter 23. Obstetrical Blood Management
Chapter 24. Pediatric Blood Management
Chapter 25. Blood Management in the Liver Transplant Patient
Chapter 26. Liberal vs. Conservative Blood Strategies
Chapter 27
Chapter 28. Metabolism, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Considerations of Iron Overload, a Comprehensive Review
Chapter 29. Blood Transfusion Pitfalls
Chapter 30. Blood and the Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 31. Transfusion Related-Immunomodulation in Relation to Perioperative Infection/Cancer: Biology, Evidence, and Controversy in Transfusion
Chapter 32. Origins of Blood Products
Chapter 33. Blood Conservation and Management in Cardiac Surgery
Chapter 34. Platelet Rich Plasma: Not for Athletes Only
Chapter 35. Blood Transfusions for Burn Patients
Chapter 36. Pre-hospital Transfusions by First Providers
Chapter 37. Whole Blood is Back
Chapter 38. Normal Saline: Not So Normal at All in the Bleeding Patient
Chapter 39. Blood Management for the Geriatric Patient
Chapter 40. Substance Abuse and Coagulopathy
Chapter 41. The Effects of Perioperative Transfusion of Allogenic Blood Products of Cancer Recurrence
Chapter 42. Perioperative Management of Polycythemia
Chapter 43. Blood Management in the Premature Neonate
Chapter 44. Coagulation and Regional Anesthesia - Chrissy Cherenfant and Uchenna Umeh
Chapter 45. Iron Overload
Chapter 46. Blood Product Management in Developing Countries
Chapter 47. Considerations and Guidelines for use of Anticoagulants and Antithrombotics in Patients Undergoing Interventional Pain Management
Chapter 48. The Red Blood Cell Storage Lesion: A Controversy of Biology versus Randomized Controlled Trials.