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Hematology, Immunology and Infectious Disease: Neonatology Questions and Controversies
Edited by Robin K. Ohls and Mervin C. Yoder
294 pp, $82.95
Philadelphia, PA, Saunders/Elsevier, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3158-1
JAMA. 2009;302(3):330-331.
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This book, part of the Saunders/Elsevier Neonatology Questions and Controversies series, focuses on the combined roles of hematologic and immunologic defenses as they relate to neonatal infection. As such, the book collates 3 subspecialties—hematology, immunology, and infectious diseases—into a single network. The book is organized by specialty: the first 6 chapters relate to hematologic development and defenses, the next 6 to immunologic protection, and the following 4 to infectious challenges.
The section on hematology begins with a review of stem cells, the most primitive and pluripotent cells in the bone marrow, as they relate not only to hematopoiesis but also to organ regeneration, including that of the heart and pancreas. This chapters lays the foundation for the subsequent 5 chapters on thrombocytopenia, leukocyte colony-stimulating factors, red blood cell transfusions, thrombosis, and neutropenia—all of which affect neonatal sepsis and survival. There is an excellent discussion of the pathophysiology of each of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Anjali Sibley, MD, Reviewer;
Paulette Mehta, MD, MPH, Reviewer
Departments of Hematology/Oncology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock
paulette.mehta@gmail.com
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