title: A guide to blood groups, transfusion and coagulation.
abstract: Recent medical advances have resulted in more patients surviving increasingly complex surgery. This series of articles aims to refresh our knowledge of blood-its composition, the origins and roles of blood's components and how coagulation occurs. New technologies that have developed to reduce inappropriate transfusion of blood and blood products will be explored. We will be updated on national projects to reduce inappropriate transfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000502:physiology*; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000502:physiology*; D001790:Blood Physiological Phenomena; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods*; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System