Practical Hemostasis And Thrombosis

by Editor: Denise O'Shaughnessy (Southampton General Hospital); Editor: Michael Makris (University of Sheffield); Editor: David Lillicrap (Queen's University, Kingston)

• ISBN13: 9781405130301
• ISBN10: 140513030X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Provides a comprehensive yet concise and practical guide to the full range of clotting and bleeding disorders encountered in clinical practice.Presented in three sections, this book informs and advises clinicians in all stages of diagnosis, management and prevention of thrombotic and hemostatic disorders.Why Buy This Book?Essential practical management for all those working in the field of haemostasis and thrombosis A comprehensive yet concise and practical guide to the full range of clotting and bleeding disorders encountered in clinical practice. Advice to guide clinicians through the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of thrombotic and haemostatic disorders Each chapter to follow a standard template supplemented with a mini-contents list, key points, further reading and a summary box Highlights controversial issues and provides advice for everyday questions

Author Biography

Dr Denise O’Shaughnessy, Director, Haematology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK

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

Dr David P. Lillicrap, Professor of Hematology, Richardson Laboratories, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vi
Part 1 The laboratory interface
Basic principles underlying the coagulation system	3	(5)
O'Connell
Laboratory tests of hemostasis	8	(10)
Kitchen
Makris
Molecular diagnostic approaches to hemostasis	18	(11)
James
Lillicrap
Tests of platelet function	29	(12)
Harrison
Part 2 The practice of clinical hemostasis and thrombosis
Hemophilia A and B	41	(10)
Maclean
Makris
Von Willebrand disease	51	(11)
Castaman
Tosetto
Rodeghiero
The rarer inherited coagulation disorders	62	(7)
Bolton-Maggs
Wilde
Quantitative platelet disorders	69	(14)
Kahr
Blanchette
Qualitative platelet disorders	83	(8)
Cattaneo
Disseminated intravascular coagulation and other microangiopathies	91	(10)
Kasthuri
Key
Venous thromboembolism	101	(13)
Linkins
Kearon
Arterial thrombosis	114	(6)
Lowe
Tait
Anticoagulation	120	(10)
Palareti
Cosmi
Antiphospholipid syndrome	130	(9)
Watson
Part 3 The clinical interface
Obstetrics	139	(10)
Walker
Pediatrics	149	(9)
Bauman
Massicotte
Intensive/critical care	158	(14)
Hunt
Stuart-Smith
Cardiothoracic surgery	172	(10)
O'Shaughnessy
von Kier
Hepatology	182	(8)
Patel
Arya
Oncology	190	(11)
Falanga
Marchetti
Transfusion	201	(15)
Copplestone
Appendices
1 Normal ranges	209	(5)
Kitchen
Makris
2 Useful websites	214	(2)
Makris
Index	216