About the Book
This book functions as a comprehensive and authoritative reference book in blood transfusion and blood substitutes. It is a collection of the latest developments and the newest investigations, and individual chapters are written by world experts in the arena.
The book begins with a historical review on the practice of transfusions as well as the components and physiology of blood. The following chapters cover various topics, including platelet substitutes, hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers, perfluorocarbon based oxygen carriers, and safety issues related to artificial hemoglobin. All chapters provide a bulleted highlights list to facilitate readers in mastering the main points of each individual chapter.
Blood Substitutes and Oxygen Biotherapeutics is an invaluable reference book for perioperative care providers, hematologists, anesthesiologists, surgeons, obstetricians and gynecologists.
About the Author:
Henry Liu M.D
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
USA
Dr. Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD, DABA, DABPM, DABIPP, FASA
Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, and Provost,
Tenured Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Neurosciences,
Pain Fellowship Program Director,
LSU School of Medicine, 1501 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71103
Jonathan S. Jahr
David Geffen school of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles
California