Main description:

Since the second edition of Hemostasis and Thrombosis published over a decade ago, advances on assessing, treating and preventing common and rare hemostatic problems have emerged. This latest edition features these new developments while providing practical information on diagnosing and managing these troublesome conditions often found in clinical practice. Concise and convenient, healthcare professionals will find this text to be an invaluable resource.

Feature:

Concise resource of common and rare problems with hemostasis and thrombosis

Quick and convenient overview of bleeding disorder testing and therapies

Ideal for students and medical professionals in a variety of roles and settings

Back cover:

Since the second edition of Hemostasis and Thrombosis published over a decade ago, advances on assessing, treating and preventing common and rare hemostatic problems have emerged.  This latest edition features these new developments while providing practical information on diagnosing and managing these troublesome conditions often found in clinical practice.  Concise and convenient, healthcare professionals will find this text to be an invaluable resource.

Contents:

Preface

Contributors

1. BASICS OF COAGULATION

2.  TESTS OF HEMOSTASIS AND THROMBOSIS

3. Bleeding disorders:  A general approach

4. HEMOPHILIA

Jason Taylor

5. VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE

Jason Taylor

6. OTHER INHERITED BLEEDING DISORDERS: PLATELET DEFECTS

7.  ACQUIRED BLEEDING DISORDERS

8. DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION

9. LIVER AND RENAL DISEASE

10. CARDIAC BYPASS AND VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES

11.  IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA

12. THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHY (TTP/HUS)

13. NON-BLOOD PRODUCT AGENTS FOR BLEEDING DISORDERS

14. TRANSFUSION THERAPY AND MASSIVE TRANSFUSIONS

15.  DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM

16. THROMBOSIS IN UNUSUAL SITES

17. THROMBOPHILIA

18. ACQUIRED THROMBOPHILIAS

19. ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME

20. ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY FOR CARDIAC DISEASE

21. STROKE AND PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE

22. HEPARINS AND HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA

23:  Other Parenteral Anticoagulants

24:  Direct Oral Anticoagulants

25. WARFARIN

26.  ANTIPLATELET AGENTS

27.  THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY

28.  Bleeding and Thrombosis in Cancer Patients

            BLEEDING SYNDROMES

            David C. Calverley, MD

29.  BLEEDING AND THROMBOSIS: WOMEN'S ISSUES

30: Pediatric Thrombosis

Kristina M. Haley

Appendix

Index