Practical Transfusion Medicine 6th Edition

Practical Transfusion Medicine

Practical Transfusion Medicine, Sixth Edition

The pace of change in transfusion medicine is relentless, with new scientific and technological developments and continuing efforts to improve transfusion practice. This sixth edition of Practical Transfusion Medicine has been updated significantly to reflect the rapid changes in transfusion medicine since the fifth edition was published in 2017.

The primary purpose of this edition remains the same as the first: to provide a comprehensive guide to transfusion medicine. This book contains more depth of information than standard handbooks on transfusion medicine, whilst being more concise and approachable than a standard reference text.

This book covers the principles of transfusion medicine, the complications of transfusion, practice in blood centres and hospitals and clinical transfusion practice. This sixth edition includes a new section on patient blood management, cellular and tissue therapy, organ transplantation and the development of the evidence base for transfusion. It also features a new chapter on transfusion-associated circulatory overload to underline its importance as a complication of transfusion, and a reconfiguration of the section on clinical transfusion practice to allow consideration of the transfusion management of medical, surgical and haematology patients with and without bleeding.

This sixth edition of Practical Transfusion Medicine provides accessible and comprehensive coverage of the field of transfusion medicine. It is a standalone text that will be useful to clinical and scientific staff: not only for trainees who require an overview of the field, but also for established practitioners who are involved in some aspect of transfusion medicine and require a comprehensive, accessible reference book.

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Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine 12th Edition

Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine is an icon in the field of transfusion and the first edition was published in 1951. The book arose from the concept of the transfusionist, as both scientist and expert consultant. For many years, this text has provided the primary, and often the sole, reference for detailed information and practical experience in blood transfusion. The book is completely revised and updated throughout to include the latest advances and developments in the field.

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Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Twelfth Edition 12th Edition

The landmark text in medical pharmacology is now in full color

Includes DVD with image bank

A Doody’s Core Title for 2017!

4 STAR DOODY’S REVIEW!
“This 12th edition of the most authoritative book in pharmacology is the best both in content and physical appearance….This edition of Goodman & Gilman’s continues to be the most authoritative and widely used resource bridging the discipline of pharmacology with therapeutics. Moreover, readers will find this edition to be substantially improved from past editions in both content and physical appearance.”–Doody’s Review Service

The most universally respected and read medical text in all of pharmacology, Goodman & Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics represents the pinnacle of authority and accuracy in describing the actions and uses of therapeutic agents in relation to physiology and pathophysiology. Goodman & Gilman’s careful balance of basic science and clinical application has guided thousands of practitioners and students to a clear understanding of the drugs essential to preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease.

Enriched by a new full-color presentation and updated to reflect all critical new developments in drug action and drug-disease interaction, the twelfth edition includes more than 440 color illustrations depicting key principles and actions of specific pathways and therapeutic agents. The companion DVD includes all the images and tables in the text along with narrated animations.

Goodman & Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 12e is divided into nine sections, covering:

• General Principles
• Neuropharmacology
• Modulation of Cardiovascular Function
• Inflammation, Immunomodulation, and Hematopoiesis
• Endocrine Pharmacology
• Gastrointestinal Pharmacology
• Chemotherapy of Infectious Disease
• Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases
• Special Systems Pharmacology

More than a textbook, Goodman & Gilman’s is a working template for the effective and rational prescribing of drugs in daily practice.

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Understanding Pharmacology for Pharmacy Technicians, 2nd Edition

Everything students and pharmacy technicians need to master pharmacology and become experienced and proficient practitioners.

The second edition includes the latest material on the principles of pharmacology, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics. Throughout the book, anatomy and physiology are discussed in relation to various disorders and associated pharmacotherapies to give context for how drugs work.

Key Features:

• Extensively updated content, including a new chapter on Pharmacogenomics
• Updated commonly used and comprehensive drug tables
• Cases to open each chapter, along with questions for discussion
• Pronunciations for difficult terms or words such as disease names
• Figures and illustrations of essential concepts
• Alerts that point out areas of potential dangers or errors, including look-alike/sound-alike drugs
• Practice points, including mention of any FDA-required patient medication guides, and any “special” drug storage and dispensing considerations, including beyond-use dating of open multi-use products

The book’s content is written to meet ASHP accreditation standards and therefore is one of the most comprehensive books on the market related to pharmacology for technicians.

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Kill or Cure: An Illustrated History of Medicine

Telling the compelling stories behind mankind’s never-ending quest to cure every disease, Kill or Cure uses an all-new format — a text-rich narrative combined with DK’s beautiful visual design — to trace the extraordinary history of medicine.

Beginning with early healers, chance discoveries, technological advancement, and “wonder” drugs, and using panels, timelines, and thematic spreads, Kill or Cure highlights information about human anatomy, surgical instruments, and medical breakthroughs while telling the dramatic tale of medical progress. Diaries, notebooks, and other first-person accounts tell the fascinating stories from the perspective of people who witnessed medical history firsthand.

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Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology 8th Edition

With an approach to learning as progressive as its content, Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology, 8th Edition simplifies the process of learning challenging pharmacology material like never before. Rau’s effective approach uses broken-down terminology, relatable explanations, reader-friendly writing, and additional workbook guidance to help you easily master the text’s cutting-edge content – which includes the latest terms, pronunciations, in-depth sleep pharmacology, reality-based case studies, and SOAP assessment opportunities. Plus, the online interactive flashcards and audio pronunciation glossary offer additional learning formats tailored to your digital preferences.

• Improved readability makes it easier for you to grasp difficult material.

• Expanded! Key terms and definitions include over 275 terms with pronunciations.

• Companion workbook offers a wide range of activities that help you apply knowledge gained from the core text and break down more difficult concepts beyond NBRC style multiple-choice questions.

• Clinical Scenarios with follow-up SOAP assessment provide you with a reality-based patient case study and an opportunity to indicate standardized treatment.

• Inside back cover offers a quick-reference list of the most commonly used abbreviations in pharmacology with full application.

• Full-color format draws out special features and creates a more reader-friendly text.

• Glossary aids your comprehension of pharmacology terminology.

• Learning objectives parallel the recall, analysis, and application levels tested on the NBRC exam to prepare you for credentialing.

• Key terms with definitions enable you to quickly master essential terminology.

• Key Points boxes guide you in preparing for tests by identifying the most important concepts in each chapter.

• Self-assessment questions allow you to test yourself on key information within the chapter.
• Student Resources on Evolve, including an audio glossary and electronic flashcards, provide opportunities to hone your understanding of respiratory pharmacology concepts.

• NEW! Chapter on sleep and sleep pharmacology keeps you at the forefront of this growing issue in respiratory care.

• NEW! Online interactive flashcard program on Evolve features the most common respiratory care drugs mentioned in the book and includes:

• • Generic name/trade name
  • Mechanism of action
  • Indications and dosage
  • Contraindications
  • Side effects
  • NEW! Appendix provides a variety of lists and tables to prepare you for exams and professional practice.

  • • List of the most commonly prescribed respiratory medications and acceptable mixtures of each
    • Units and System Measurements section with the common units of drug measurements and conversion charts for temperature, liquid and solid forms, and drug estimation times and body weight estimations
    • NEW! Audio glossary of pharmacology terms on Evolve helps you master pronunciation and improve term recall.

     

   

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Anticancer Therapeutics: From Drug Discovery to Clinical Applications 1st Edition

An integrated presentation of the basic science and clinical applications of anticancer agents

Aimed at both undergraduate and postgraduate readers, this unique text provides readers with a fully-integrated presentation of all aspects of the science of anticancer drugs, including their chemistry, pharmacology, and clinical applications.

After heart disease, cancer is the number one killer worldwide, and the tumor microenvironment is forever changing, creating an ever-greater demand for safer, more effective anticancer agents. In response to that demand, the $100 billion cancer drug market continues to grow, with our increased understanding of cancer leading to new drugs being used clinically almost every year.

Anticancer Therapeutics is divided into three sections. Section 1 is an introduction to cancer and therapeutics, and covers the etiology and cellular and molecular basis of cancer. In Section 2, the authors focus on the anticancer agents — their discovery, synthesis, mode of action, mechanisms of resistance, and adverse reactions. Section 3 focuses on specific cancers, explaining how and why the various agents discussed in Section 2 are used, both individually and in combination, to treat different cancers.

• Integrates aspects of basic science, including chemistry and pharmacology and clinical medicine in relation to cancer therapeutics

• Written by an author team comprising specialists in medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, and oncology
• Features full-color images throughout illustrating how drugs bind to cellular targets and exert their pharmacological effect
• Divided into three sections, covering the etiology and cellular and molecular basis of cancer, anticancer agents, and drug applications for different cancers.

Providing the reader with an integrated understanding of all aspects of the science of anticancer agents, this is an ideal textbook for undergraduates studying medicine, nursing, medicinal chemistry, pharmacy, pharmacology and other allied heath / life sciences. It is also a valuable bench reference for pharmacists, medics, and pharmaceutical researchers working in both academia and industry.

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Transfusion Medicine 5th Edition

Explore this concise and clinically focused approach to the field of blood banking and transfusion therapy  

The Fifth Edition of Transfusion Medicine delivers a succinct, thorough, clinically focused, practical and authoritative treatment of a full range of topics in transfusion therapy. This ranges from issues with the blood supply, recruitment of both whole blood and apheresis donors, blood collection and storage, blood testing, blood safety, and transmissible diseases. This edition has been fully updated and revised to include exciting cellular therapies for cancer, transplantation of both hematopoietic cells and solid organs, infectious diseases and regenerative medicine.       

The Fifth Edition includes new authors with highly relevant content that provides a solid grounding for readers in the field. The book:  

• Is an approachable comprehensive guide to the field of blood banking and transfusion medicine 
• Provides complete and timely perspective on  crucial topics, including the HLA system in transfusion medicine and transplantation and quality programs in blood banking and transfusion medicine 
• Is extensively referenced, making it simple for readers to conduct further research on the topics of interest to them  
• Includes new chapters on pediatric transfusion medicine and pathogen reduction  
• Has an expended chapter on patient blood management 
• Provides extensive discussions of the clinical use of blood transfusion in a wide variety of clinical situations including recent development In the management of acute traumatic blood loss   
• Provides updated information about blood groups and molecular testing making inroads into clinical practice along with discussions of laboratory detection of blood groups and provision of red cells  

Perfect for all those working in the field of blood banking, transfusion medicine and hematology or oncology and fellows in pathology, hematology, surgery and anesthesiology. Transfusion Medicine is a good introduction for technologists specializing in blood banking and non-medical personnel working in areas related to hematology and transfusion medicine. Transfusion Medicine will also earn a place in the libraries of practicing pathologists with responsibility for  blood banks. 

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