Blood: Hemostasis, transfusion, and alternatives in the perioperative period

doi:10.1056/NEJM199604113341521

Volume 334:999		April 11, 1996		Number 15

Blood: Hemostasis, transfusion, and alternatives in the perioperative period

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Edited by Carol L. Lake and Roger A. Moore. 554 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott–Raven, 1995. $129. ISBN 0-7817-0287-4.

Throughout the world, a large proportion of all transfused bloodis given to patients undergoing surgery. Responsibility fordecisions about transfusion therapy during surgery frequentlyfalls to the person in charge of the patient's anesthesia andlife support. Thus, it is appropriate that a textbook on transfusiontherapy focus on the perioperative period from the perspectiveof the anesthesiologist. Indeed, 37 of the 44 contributing authorsare anesthesiologists who practice and teach in leading programsaround the United States. The book's 27 chapters, organizedinto five sections, cover hemostatic mechanisms, the clinicalevaluation of patients with suspected coagulopathies, and transfusion. . . [Full Text of this Article]