Transfusion Medicine - Case Studies and Clinical Management

This thoroughly revised and updated case-based book describes a variety of clinical scenarios in transfusion medicine likely to be encountered in a busy teaching hospital. It highlights the stream of clinical and laboratory data available to transfusionists, while reviewing the critical thinking required to lead the decision-making process towards accurate diagnosis and appropriate management.

Transfusion Medicine: Case Studies and Clinical Management is a lively illustration of various clinical problems in transfusion medicine, including immune complications, microbiological problems, blood component use, apheresis techniques and management of complex situations, such as multiple trauma, sickle cell crisis and organ transplantation. Each case is carefully chosen and presented, with incorporated questions leading the reader towards solution of the problem in a logical and didactic manner. It is therefore essential reading for all medical and scientific professionals involved in managing transfusion, from hematologists to obstetricians, surgeons, intensivists and immunologists.

Dr Mijovic is Honorary Consultant Haematologist with special interest in Transfusion Medicine at King's College Hospital in London, United Kingdom. After graduating medicine at the University of Belgrade, Serbia in 1978, he worked as a haematologist at the University Clinical Centre in Belgrade before moving to United Kingdom in 1993. He was appointed as a joint consultant between King's and the National Blood Service in 1999. He received research grants from the National Blood Authority and pharmaceutical industry. He served as teacher at the European School of Transfusion Medicine and the European Haematology Association and adviser to the World Health Organization. Dr Mijovic pursues his academic work through the European Haematology Association. He has over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer for several international transfusion medicine and hematology journals.