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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140565603321

Titolo

Essential guide to blood coagulation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jovan P. Antovic, Margareta Blombäck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-282-68481-7

9786612684814

1-4443-1446-7

1-4443-1447-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AntovicJovan P

BlombäckMargareta

Disciplina

616.1/57

Soggetti

Blood coagulation disorders

Hemorrhagic diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Essential Guide to Blood Coagulation; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Part 1 General hemostasis; Chapter 1 Schematic presentation of the hemostatic system; Chapter 2 Proposals for sampling instructions; Chapter 3 Laboratory investigations; Part 2 Bleeding disorders; Chapter 4 Hereditary bleeding disorders; Chapter 5 Critical bleedings; Chapter 6 Investigation of increased bleeding tendency; Part 3 Thromboembolic disorders; Chapter 7 Venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism; Chapter 8 Drug treatment in deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Chapter 9 New anticoagulants: focus on currently approved oral factor Xa and factor IIa inhibitors Chapter 10 Arterial thromboembolism; Chapter 11 Investigations of thromboembolic tendency; Part 4 Special hemostasis; Chapter 12 Hemostasis in obstetrics and gynecology; Chapter 13 Hemostasis defects in children; Chapter 14 Emergency conditions associated with coagulation activation; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A practical guide to laboratory diagnosis and treatment of hemostatic disorders. This concise book covers all you need to know to manage thrombotic and bleeding disorders, distilling the most clinically up-to-



date information, and including the latest treatment strategies for key conditions and diseases. Essential Guide to Blood Coagulation covers both the stable and the acute stages of hereditary and acquired bleeding and thrombotic disorders. Faced with a bleeding patient, it may be difficult to determine whether blood loss is due to a local factor or an underlying hemostat