Evidence-Based Practice of Transfusion Medicine

An indispensable tool in the implementation of evidence-based medicine, this book presents the rationale of clinical research methods and describes their application in the field of transfusion medicine. In addition, it provides the tools needed to understand and practice evidence-based medicine, as well as an objective assessment of the risks that are presently associated with blood transfusion. The concepts and tools of epidemiology are presented with an example-based approach, and the treatment of the methodologic issues is conceptual.