Practical Hemostasis and Thrombosis 1e

Dr Denise O'Shaughnessy, Director, Haematology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK Dr Michael Makris, Senior Lecturer in Haematology, Dept of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Dr David P. Lillicrap, Professor of Hematology, Richardson Laboratories, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

List of Contributors. Part 1: The Laboratory Interface. 1. Basic principles underlying the coagulation system (O'Connell). 2. Laboratory tests of hemostasis (Kitchen and Makris). 3. Molecular diagnostic approaches to hemostasis (James and Lillicrap). 4. Tests of platelet function (Harrison). Part 2: The Practice of Clinical Hemostasis and Thrombosis. 5. Hemophilia A and B (Maclean and Makris). 6. Von Willebrand disease (Castaman, Tosetto and Rodeghiero). 7. The rarer inherited coagulation disorders (Bolton-Maggs and Wilde). 8. Quantitative platelet disorders (Kahr and Blanchette). 9. Qualitative platelet disorders (Cattaneo). 10. Disseminated intravascular coagulation and other microangiopathies (Kasthuri and Key). 11. Venous thromboembolism (Linkins and Kearon). 12. Arterial thrombosis (Lowe and Tait). 13. Anticoagulation (Palareti and Cosmi). 14. Antiphospholipid syndrome (Watson). Part 3: The Clinical Interface. 15. Obstetrics (Walker). 16. Pediatrics (Bauman and Massiocotte). 17. Intensive/critical care (Hunt and Stuart-Smith). 18. Cardiothoracic surgery (O'Shaughnessy and von Kier). 19. Hepatology (Patel and Arya). 20. Oncology (Falana and Marchetti). 21. Transfusion (Copplestone). Appendices. 1. Normal ranges (Kitchen and Makris). 2. Useful Websites (Makris). Index.