Consultative Hemostasis and Thrombosis

This practical new resource helps readers manage the full range of clotting and bleeding disorders quickly and effectively. Written by a team of respected clinicians, it examines symptoms, laboratory findings, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment. A reader-friendly design and hundreds of illustrations make it an essential tool for busy physicians. The first strictly clinical resource on the diagnosis and treatment of clotting and bleeding disorders. Features a chapter on the consultative process as well as coverage of the interface of hematology with cardiology, oncology, bloodbanking, pharmacology, and intensive care medicine. Presents an entire section on women's issues, which includes analyses of OCPs/estrogen therapy, bleeding with pregnancy, and antiphospholipid syndrome and pregnancy. Examines the impact of HIV, outpatient anticoagulation, chronic venous insufficiency, inferior vena cava filters, and other issues in a section on Special Considerations. Clarifies laboratory protocols, helping readers select and interpret lab tests more easily. Presents the basic science physicians need to practice efficiently.Kitchens, Craig S. is the author of 'Consultative Hemostasis and Thrombosis', published 2002 under ISBN 9780721682648 and ISBN 0721682642.