Full Description
2014 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Internal Medicine category! A unique clinical focus makes Consultative Hemostasis and Thrombosis, 3rd Edition your go-to guide for quick, practical answers on managing the full range of bleeding and clotting disorders. Emphasizing real-world problems and solutions, Dr. Craig S. Kitchens, Dr. Barbara A. Konkle, and Dr. Craig M. Kessler provide all the clinical guidance you need to make optimal decisions on behalf of your patients and promote the best possible outcomes.Efficiently look up concise descriptions of each condition, its associated symptoms, laboratory findings, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment.Get the latest information on hot topics such as Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, Thrombophilia, Clinical and Laboratory Assessment and Management, Thrombotic -Thrombocytopenic Purpura, and Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia.Apply today's newest therapies, including those that are quickly becoming standard in this fast-changing field.Meet the needs of specific patient groups with a new chapter on Bleeding and the Management of Hemorrhagic Disorders in Pregnancy and an extensively updated chapter on Thrombosis and Cancer.Zero in on key information with a new user-friendly design, and all-new full-color format, abundant laboratory protocols, and at-a-glance tables and charts throughout.Access the entire text and illustrations online - fully searchable - at www.expertconsult.com.
Contents
Part I1 Consultative Process2 A Systematic Approach to the Bleeding Patient: Correlation of Clinical Symptoms and Signs with Laboratory Testing3 EndotheliumPart II: HEMORRHAGIC PROCESSES4 Hemophilia A and B5 Less Common Congenital Disorders of Hemostasis6 Acquired Coagulation Disorders Caused by Inhibitors7 von Willebrand Disease8 General Aspects of Thrombocytopenia, Platelet Transfusions, and Thrombopoietic Growth Factors9 Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia10 Congenital and Acquired Disorders of Platelet Function and Number11 Purpura and Other Hematovascular Disorders12 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation13 The Crosstalk of Inflammation and Coagulation in Infectious Disease and Their Roles in Disseminated Intravascular CoagulationPart III: THROMBOTIC PROCESSES14 Thrombophilia: Clinical and Laboratory Assessment and Management15 Pediatric Aspects of Thrombophilia16 Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism17 Venous Thromboses at Unusual Sites18 Postthrombotic Syndrome19 Thrombocytosis: Essential Thrombocytemia and Reactive Causes20 Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Patient Management21 Hemostatic Aspects of Cardiovascular Medicine22 Nonarteriosclerotic Arterial Occlusive Disease23 Thrombosis and Cancer24 Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Related Thrombotic Microangiopathies25 Heparin-Induced ThrombocytopeniaPart IV: THERAPEUTIC MEASURES 26 Antithrombotic Agents27 Blood Component and Pharmacological Therapy for Hemostatic Disorders28 Thrombolytic Therapy29 Topical Hemostatic Agents30 Therapeutic Apheresis: Applications for Hemorrhagic and Thrombotic Disorders31 Use of Vena Caval Filters and Venous Access Devices32 Dietary Supplements and Hemostasis33 Thrombotic Risk of Contraceptives and other Hormonal Therapies34 Bleeding and the Management of Hemorrhagic Disorders in Pregnancy35 Thrombophilia in PregnancyPart VI: SPECIAL ISSUES 36 Surgery and Hemostasis37 Anticoagulation in the Perioperative Period38 Understanding and Managing the Coagulopathy of Liver Disease39 Outpatient Anticoagulant Therapy40 Point-of-Care Hemostatic Testing41 Prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Neurologic and Neurosurgical Patients42 Hematologic Interventions for Acute Central Nervous System Disease43 Atrial Septal Abnormalities and Cryptogenic Stroke44 Pulmonary Hypertension: Thrombotic and Nonthrombotic in Origin45 Hemorrhage Control and Thrombosis Following Severe Injury46 Hemostatic Aspects of Sickle Cell Disease47 Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation and Prosthetic Cardiac Valves
