Haemophilia and haemostasis [[electronic resource] ] : a case-based approach to management / / compiled from the Haemostasis/haemophilia forum ; edited by Harold Ross Roberts ; associate editors, Daniel Carrizosa, Alice Ma

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910145554303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-06964-7; 9786611069643; 0-470-69255-3; 0-470-76643-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RobertsH. R (Harold Ross); CarrizosaDaniel; MaAlice
• Disciplina: 616.1/572; 616.1572
• Soggetti: Hemophilia; Hemostasis; Blood coagulation disorders; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Haemophilia and Haemostasis: A Case-based Approach to Management; Contents; List of Haemostasis Forum Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Haemophilia A and Haemophilia B; General Overview; Haemophilia and Immune Tolerance Therapy; The Haemophilic Ankle: An Update; The Haemophilic Knee: An Update; Issues with Complicated Diagnoses; Combined Haemophilia A and B Carrier; A Complex Case of Haemophilia with HIV and Hepatitis C; A Case of Haemophilia B, Mild VWD, and a Factor IX Inhibitor; Premature Infant with Haemophilia B; Haemophilic Carriers; Haemophilic Carriers and Delivery; Mild Haemophilia in WomenTreatment of the Pregnant Haemophiliac; Anticoagulation and Haemophilia; Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation ; in a Haemophiliac; Anticoagulation for a Cardiac Valve in a Haemophiliac; Cardiac Catheterization in a Haemophiliac; Anticoagulation for a DVT in a Haemophiliac; Treatment of Haemophiliacs; DDAVP for Treatment of Mild Haemophilia during Surgery; Haemophilia and Haemodialysis; Haemophilia and Hepatitis C Treatment; Haemophilia and Physical Therapy; Haemophilia and Renal Bleeds; Haemophilia and Scuba Diving; Haemophilia and Ventricular Septal Defect Repair; Haemophilia with Hepatitis C and Recurrent BleedingIsotretinoin in Haemophilia; Laser Eye Surgery in a Haemophiliac; Managing Haemophilic Pseudotumours; Continuous NovoSeven: Pros and Cons; Complications of Treatment; Haemophilia B and Immune Tolerance with Anaphylaxis; rFVIIa (NovoSeven); Thrombosis in PCCs vs. APCCs; 2 Von Willebrand Disease; Epidurals and VWD; Anticoagulation for a Cardiac Valve in a Patient with VWD Type 1; VWD Type 2A and Pregnancy; VWD Type 2B and Pregnancy; VWD Type 2B vs. Platelet Type; Prophylaxis in VWD Type 3; Platelet Type VWD; 3 Factor Deficiencies; Combined Factor V and VIII DeficiencyDVT Prophylaxis in FVII Deficiency; Menorrhagia in Factor VII Deficiency; Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation in FX Deficiency; Management of Factor X Deficiency; Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation in a Patient with Factor XI Deficiency; Factor XI Deficiency and Surgery; Prophylaxis for Patients with Factor XIII Deficiency and Intracranial Bleeding; 4 Rare Platelet and Coagulation Disorders; Coagulation Disorders; Afibrinogenaemia; Dysfibrinogenaemia; Hypofibrinogenaemia; Gardner-Diamond Syndrome; Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia; Hereditary Vitamin-K-Dependent Coagulation Factors Deficiency and PregnancyPlatelet Disorders; Glanzmann's Thrombasthaenia and Gastrointestinal Angiodysplasia; Glanzmann's Thrombasthaenia and Pregnancy; rVIIa (NovoSeven®) and Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome; 5 Acquired Bleeding Diatheses; Acquired Haemophilia and Second Pregnancy; Developing a Factor IX Inhibitor; End-Stage Liver Disease and Surgery; Treatment for Acute DIC; 6 Miscellaneous Questions; Bleeding Time vs. PFA-100; Cocaine and DDAVP; Hyponatraemia and DDAVP; The Use of the INR; Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Clotting Disturbances
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique book covers the major cases one might encounter in diagnosing, managing and treating haemophilia. It will provide a practical and informative guide to the broad range of topics concerning both bleeding and clotting disorders. Haemophilia and Haemostasis: A Case-based Approach to Management is divided into major chapter sections by disorder. Each chapter contains questions and cases that were originally submitted to the online Haemostasis-forum (previously Haemophilia-forum). Cases and questions associated with each disorder are presented alongside practical answers from a wid