Blood Group and Immunology
Blood group serology showed a great advancement at the beginning of the 1900s, with the discovery of ABO blood group system by Karl Landsteiner. There are four common blood groups in the ABO system: A, B, AB, and O. At a later stage, it was found that A g
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Immunohematology and Blood banking
Pritam Singh Ajmani
Immunohematology and Blood banking Principles and Practice
Pritam Singh Ajmani Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College Surasa, India
ISBN 978-981-15-8434-3 ISBN 978-981-15-8435-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8435-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
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Preface
Blood transfusion is one of the most important procedures of modern clinical practice, and over the past two decades blood transfusion science has made tremendous progress. The main aim of blood transfusion is to make transfusion therapy safer. Keeping this thing in mind the need of concise, comprehensive knowledge about transfusion medicine and immunohematology in day-to-day practice, the book has been designed. To achieve this, up-to-date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for transfusing blood and blood products to benefit the patients is essential. Every day blood transfusions take place routinely and in emergencies to save millions of lives all over the world. To achieve the goal a constant need for regular supply of blood is essential as the shelf life of blood and its components is very less. Regular blood donation by a sufficient number of healthy people is needed to ensure that blood will always be available whenever and wherever it is needed. However, due to resource scarcity, it is not always possible to fulfill the demand of the patient at the right time. Transfusion medicine virtually covers all aspects of immunohematolo
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