Abstract
Membership of the panel included all the speakers at the symposium, including Dr. Ronald Gilcher, Director of the Oklahoma Blood Centre, Oklahoma City, U.S.A. The panel discussion took the form of a question-and-answer session, the questions for the most part being asked by members of the audience.
The discussion material has been arranged under the following headings: The Platelet Question; Fresh Frozen Plasma, Cryoprecipitate and Supernatant Plasma; Whole Blood versus Packed Red Cells; Fresh Blood; Indications for Coagulation Studies and their Interpretation; Hazards of Homologous Blood Transfusion; The Interstitial Dehydration Controversy; Autologous Blood Transfusion; Serological Aspects of Massive Transfusion.