1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782987903321

Autore

Kitchen Steve, Dr.

Titolo

Quality in laboratory hemostasis and thrombosis [[electronic resource] /] / Steve Kitchen, John D. Olson, F. Eric Preston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-4443-6059-0

1-282-00763-7

9786612007637

1-4443-0357-0

1-4443-0358-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OlsonJohn David <1944->

PrestonF. E

Disciplina

616.1/57075

Soggetti

Blood coagulation disorders - Diagnosis

Blood - Analysis

Hemostasis

Thrombosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1: General quality planning in the hemostasis laboratory; 2: Hemostasis test validation, performance and reference intervals; 3: International Standards in hemostasis; 4: Sample integrity and preanalytical variables; 5: Internal quality control in the hemostasis laboratory; 6: External quality assessment in hemostasis: its importance and significance; 7: Initial evaluation of hemostasis: reagent and method selection; 8: Point-of-care testing in hemostasis; 9: Assay of factor VIII and other clotting factors

10: Application of molecular genetics to the investigation of inherited bleeding disorders11: Standardization of D-dimer testing; 12: Diagnostic assessment of platelet function; 13: Laboratory evaluation of von Willebrand disease: phenotypic analysis; 14: Laboratory analysis of von Willebrand disease: molecular analysis; 15: Dilemmas in heritable thrombophilia testing; 16: Evaluation of antiphospholipid antibodies;



17: Monitoring heparin therapy; 18: Monitoring oral anticoagulant therapy; 19: Monitoring new anticoagulants; 20: Detecting and quantifying functional inhibitors in hemostasis

Index

Sommario/riassunto

""Over the last decades, major progress has been made in quality assurance of hemostatic laboratory assays. This book will be an indispensable part of every hemostasis laboratory, where, given its hands-on nature, it will rarely sit to get dusty on the shelves.""-Frits R. Rosendaal, Leiden University Medical Center The hemostasis laboratory has a vital role in the diagnosis and management of patients with familial and acquired hemorrhagic and thrombotic disorders. Its role in the monitoring traditional anticoagulant therapy as well as therapy using new anticoagulants presents

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785707103321

Autore

Simonson Peter

Titolo

Handbook of Communication History [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-91940-0

0-203-14911-4

1-136-51431-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (529 p.)

Collana

ICA Handbook Series

Altri autori (Persone)

PeckJanice

CraigRobert T

JacksonJohn

Disciplina

302.209

Soggetti

Communication - History

Communication -- History

Journalism & Communications

Communication & Mass Media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Handbook Of Communication History; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Field; 1. The History of Communication History; 2. Media; 3. Communication Research; Part II: Modes; 4.  Audiences: Publics, Crowds, Mass; 5. Rhetoric in Cross-Cultural Perspectives; 6. Conversation; 7. Visual Communication; 8. Communication in Music; Part III:Media; 9. Print Culture; 10. Journalism; 11. Telecommunications; 12. Radio Broadcasting; 13. Television; 14. New Media; Part IV: Society; 15. The City; 16. Science Communication; 17. Politics; 18. Labor

19. War20. Gender and Media: A Very Short Herstory; 21. Race; 22. Organizing; Part V: World; 23 Rhetoric in Latin America; 24. "Cultural Imperialism" Revisited: Broadcasting in Latin America, India, and China; 25. Communication in Colonial and Post-Colonial Southern Africa; 26. Islam, Mediation, and Technology; 27. Jewish Media and Communication in the Modern Age; 28. East Asian Communication Studies; Epilogue: The Futures of Communication; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Handbook of Communication History addresses central ideas, social practices, and media of communication as they have developed across time, cultures, and world geographical regions. It attends to both the varieties of communication in world history and the historical investigation of those forms in communication and media studies. The Handbook editors view communication as encompassing patterns, processes, and performances of social interaction, symbolic production, material exchange, institutional formation, social praxis, and discourse. As such, the history of commun