title: Transfusion medicine in veterinary emergency and critical care medicine.
abstract: Transfusion medicine is a vital part of veterinary emergency and critical care medicine. The goals of this article are to review blood banking and the transfusion principles surrounding care of the critically ill or injured small animal, to highlight the differences in emergency/critical care transfusions compared with standard transfusion medicine, and to discuss traumatic blood loss and sepsis as unique entities in emergency and critical medicine.
authors.affiliation: Section of Critical Care, Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts University, 200 Westboro Rd., North Grafton, MA 01536, USA. Elizabeth.rozanski@tufts.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rozanski
authors.forename: Armelle M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Laforcade
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D002415:Cats / Q000293:injuries; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs / Q000293:injuries; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*