Apheresis: Principles and Practice
Description:... A reference textbook, apparently the first, providing a comprehensive account of the scientific, technical, and practical aspects of separating blood into component parts continuously as it is being removed from a subject, a process that has found most application in transfusions but is also used for other purposes. Addressed to health-care professionals concerned with transfusion or who care for patients who need it, and includes perspectives from engineers and inventors of instruments, physicians with experience in the science of apheresis and treating patients who need it, and nurses and technologists who have become adept in the day-to-day practice. Reviews the history and principles, then explores the procedure for donor and therapeutic apheresis, hematopoietic reconstitution, immunomodulation and gene therapy, and the facility. The publisher's acronym stands for American Association of Blood Banks. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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