Essential guide to blood coagulation / edited by Jovan P. Antovic, Margareta Blombäck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Antovic, Jovan P.

Blombäck, Margareta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blood--Coagulation.

Blood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester [England] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thrombotic and bleeding disorders affect at least 10 million people in the US alone. There has also been a great deal of concern over travel-related deep vein thrombosis and therefore much more interest and research into the field of blood clotting. This new and concise practical guide will cover all the essentials one needs to know when managing thrombotic and bleeding disorders. The field of haematology is undergoing major advances in thrombosis research, including significant additions to recommended treatment protocols. The Essential Guide to Coagulation will distil the most clinically,

Contents:

Schematic presentation of the hemostatic system / Nils Egberg

Proposals for sampling instructions / Margareta Blombäck and Nils Egberg

Laboratory investigations / Jovan P. Antovic, Liselotte Onelöv, and Nils Egberg

Hereditary bleeding disorders / Margareta Holmström and Lars-Göran Lundberg

Critical bleeding / Maria Bruzelius, Anna Ågren, and Hans Johnsson

Investigation of increased bleeding tendency / Margareta Holmström and Lars Göran Lundberg

Venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism / Anders Carlsson

Investigations of thromboembolic tendency / Margareta Holmström

Heart disease / Håkan Wallen and Rickard Linder

Antiplatelet drug therapy and reversal of its effects / Håkan Wallen, Hans Johnsson, and Bo-Michael Bellander

New oral anticoagulants : focus on currently approved oral factor Xa and thombin inhibitors / Rickard E. Malmström and Hans Johnsson

Stroke and transient ischemic attack / Nils Wahlgren and Mia von Euler

Peripheral artery surgery / Jesper Swedenborg

Hemostasis in obstetrics and gynecology / Katarina Bremme

Hemostasis in children / Susanna Ranta and Pia Petrini

Emergency conditions associated with coagulation : DIC, HIT, and TTP/HUS / Jovan P. Antovic and Margareta Holmström.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-118-32751-9

1-299-24161-1

1-118-32767-5

OCLC:

829459892