Panel On Transfusion Medecine Practice

Urs Giger (Moderator), Philadelphia, PA; Beth Davidow, Seattle, WA; Anne S. Hale, Stockbridge, MI, Justine Lee, Urbana, IL; and others.   Transfusion therapy refers to the safe and effective replacement of blood or one of its components offering support for many...

Scientific proceedings

Sophie Adamantos, BVSc CertVA DipACVECC MRCVS, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, UK, sadamantos@rvc.ac.uk   The red blood cell membrane is covered proteins and complex carbohydrates and hence is antigenic. Patients recognise...

Transfusion Medicine

D. Hughes Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.   Since the first blood transfusion was carried out on a dog at Oxford University in 1666, the science of transfusion medicine has advanced a great deal. To perform transfusion medicine successfully, there must be...