Practical Hemostasis and Thrombosis

by Key, Nigel; Makris, Michael; O'Shaughnessy, Denise; Lillicrap, David

• ISBN13: 9781405184601
• ISBN10: 1405184604
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-10
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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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