Practical Hemostasis and Thrombosis

This practical guide provides all the information necessary to understand the clotting mechanisms, as well as how to prevent, diagnose, and treat bleeding and clotting disorders. Practical Hemostasis and Thrombosis has been updated to reflect all the important advances made since the first edition. It includes an in-depth description of platelet abnormalities and disseminated intravascular coagulation, as well as covering the laboratory and molecular biological tests needed for the diagnosis of bleeding and clotting disorders.Clinicians will find useful advice for everyday questions in each specialty area as the book describes hemorrhagic and thrombotic problems in cardiology, neurology, hepatology, nephrology, oncology, obstetrics, pediatrics, intensive care and transfusion medicine.An invaluable resource for all hematologists, trainee hematologists preparing for examinations and clinicians this book should be kept close at hand for frequent consultation

Nigel Key, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

Michael Makris, Senior Lecturer in Haematology, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Denise O'Shaugnessy, formerly Director, Haematology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences; Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton and Blood Policy Group, Department of Health, UK

David Lillicrap, Professor of Hematology, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Richardson Laboratory, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Contributors
Foreword
Basic principles underlying coagulation
Laboratory tests of hemostasis
Laboratory evaluation and thrombophilia
Molecular diagnostic approaches to hemostasis
Tests of platelet function
Evaluation of the bleeding patient
Hemophilia A and B
Von Willebrand disease
The rarer inherited coagulation disorders
Quantitative platelet disorders
Qualitative platelet disorders
Disseminated intravascular coagulation and other microangiopathies
Venous thromboembolism
Myeloproliferative neoplasms Essential thrombocythemia, polycythemia vera, and primary myelofibrosis
Arterial thrombosis
Anticoagulation
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Cardiology
Cardiothoracic surgery
Neurology
Hepatology
Nephrology
Oncology
Obstetrics, contraception, and estrogen replacement
Pediatrics
Intensive and critical care
Transfusion
Reference ranges
Index
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Practical Hemostasis and Thrombosis

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