1. Introduction: recent evolution of transfusion medicine
Chapter 2. Essential immunology for transfusion medicine
Chapter 3. Human blood group systems
Chapter 4. Human leucocyte antigens
Chapter 5. Platelet and neutrophil antigens
Chapter 6. Investigation of acute transfusion reactions
Chapter 7. Haemolytic transfusion reactions
Chapter 8. Febrile and allergic transfusion reactions
Chapter 9. Acute lung injury after transfusion
Chapter 11. Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease and microchimerism
Chapter 12. Posttransfusion purpura
Chapter 13. Transfusion-transmitted infections
Chapter 14. Bacterial contamination
Chapter 15. Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Chapter 16. Emerging infections and transfusion safety
Chapter 17. Regulatory aspects of blood transfusion
Chapter 18. The role of haemovigilance in transfusion safety
Chapter 19. Donors and blood collection
Chapter 20. Blood donation testing and the safety of the blood supply
Chapter 21. Production and storage of blood components
Chapter 22. Medicolegal aspects of transfusion practice
Chapter 23. Blood transfusion in hospitals
Chapter 24. Blood transfusion in a global context
Chapter 25. Inherited and acquired coagulation disorders
Chapter 26. Massive blood loss
Chapter 27. Good blood management in acute haemorrhage and critical care
Chapter 28. Haematological disease
Chapter 29. Blood transfusion in the management of patients with haemoglobinopathies
Chapter 30. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Chapter 31. Immunodeficiency and immunoglobulin therapy
Chapter 32. Fetal, neonatal and childhood transfusions
Chapter 33. Recombinant proteins in diagnosis and therapy
Chapter 34. Principles of patient blood management
Chapter 35. Autologous transfusion
Chapter 37. Pharmacological agents and recombinant activated factor VIIa
Chapter 38. Regulation and accreditation in cellular therapy
Chapter 39. Stem cell collection and therapeutic apheresis
Chapter 40. Haemopoietic stem cell processing and storage
Chapter 41. Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation
Chapter 42. Cord blood transplantation
Chapter 43. Recent advances in clinical cellular immunotherapy
Chapter 45. Observational and interventional trials in transfusion medicine
Chapter 46. Getting the most out of the evidence for transfusion medicine
Chapter 48. Scanning the future of transfusion medicine