Textbook of Pediatric Hematology & Hemato-Oncology

MR Lokeshwar Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Haematologist, Shushrusha Citizens Co-operative Hospital and Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India

SECTION-1 PHYSIOLOGY



1. Ontogeny of Erythropoiesis



2. Physiology of Blood Coagulation



3. Structure, Function and Physiology of Platelets



SECTION-2 NEONATAL HEMATOLOGY



4. Variation in the RBC Parameters in the Newborn



5. Physiological Anemia of Newborn, Anemia of Prematurity and Role of Erythropoietin in the Management



6. Effect of Maternal Iron Status on Placenta, Fetus and Newborn



7. Developmental Aspects of Hemostasis in the Fetus and Newborn



8. Anemia in the Newborn



9. Polycythemia and Hyperviscosity Syndrome



10. Vitamin K Deficiency: Bleeding in Newborns



11. Bleeding Neonate: Approach and Management



12. Approach to Neonatal Thrombocytopenia



SECTION-3 RBC and WBC DISORDER



13. Introduction and Classification of Anemias in Children



14. Nutritional Anemia in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescents



15. Megaloblastic Anemia



16. Anemia of Chronic Disease



17. Thalassemia Syndromes



18. Sickle Cell Anemia in Children



19. Antenatal Diagnosis of Hemoglobinopathies



20. Red Cell Membrane Disorders (spherocytosis, elliptocytosis, stomatocytosis)



21. Red Cell Enzymopathy



22. Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia



23. Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria



24. Diagnosis and Management of Acquired Aplastic Anemia in Children



25. Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes



26. Benign Disorders of Neutrophils



SECTION-4 BLEEDING DISORDERS



27. Approach to a Bleeding Child



28. Diagnosis and Management of Hemophilia Patients



29. Von Willebrand Disease and the Other Rare Coagulation Disorders



30. Acquired Inhibitors of Coagulation



31. Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura - Diagnosis and Management



32. Platelet Function Disorders



33. Pediatric Thrombosis



34. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Neonates



SECTION-5 TRANSFUSION MEDICINE



35. Blood Components in Pediatric Practice



36. Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing



37. Transfusion Transmitted Infections



38. Noninfectious Hazards of Blood Transfusion



SECTION-6 HEMATO-ONCOLOGY



39. Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia



40. Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia



41. Chronic Myeloid Leukemia



42. Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia



43. Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma



44. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children and Adolescents



45. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis



46. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Revisited



47. Bone Marrow Transplantation



SECTION-7 GENERAL



48. Gene Therapy



49. Monoclonal Antibodies in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology



50. Biological Response Modifiers