Main description:

Highly Commended at 2012 BMA awards in Internal Medicine Category.

Recognized worldwide as the standard reference work, Dacie & Lewis Practical Haematology is a must have reference for any haematology laboratory. It covers all of the techniques used in the investigation of patients with blood disorders, including the latest technologies as well as the tried and true manual methods of measurement. It discusses the principles of each test, possible causes of error, the rationale for choosing one method over another and the interpretation, significance and clinical relevance of these findings. Each chapter conforms to a template, providing quick access to key information

Contents:

1.Collection and handling of blood

2. Reference ranges and normal values

3. Basic haematological techniques

4. Preparation and staining methods for blood and bone marrow films

5. Blood cell morphology in health and disease

6. Supplementary techniques including blood parasite diagnosis

7. Bone marrow biopsy

8. Molecular and cytogenetic analysis

9. Iron deficiency anaemia and iron overload

10. Investigation of megaloblastic anaemia: cobalamin, folate and metabolite status

11. Laboratory methods used in the investigation of the haemolytic anaemias

12. Investigation of the hereditary haemolytic anaemias: membrane and enzyme abnormalities

13. Acquired haemolytic anaemias

14. Investigation of abnormal haemoglobins and thalassaemia

15. Erythrocyte and leucocyte cytochemistry

16. Immunophenotyping

17. Diagnostic radioisotopes in haematology

18. Investigation of haemostasis

19. Investigation of a thrombotic tendency

20. Laboratory control of anticoagulant, thrombolytic and antiplatelet therapy

21. Blood cell antigens and antibodies: erythrocytes, platelets and granulocytes

22. Laboratory aspects of blood transfusion

23. Approach to the diagnosis and classification of blood diseases

24. Laboratory organization and management

25. Quality assurance

26. Haematology in under-resourced laboratories

27. Appendix