The coagulation consult : a case-based guide / Alan Lichtin, John Bartholomew, editors.

There have been many changes in the field of coagulation during the past decade. New concepts of epidemiology of risk factors for thrombosis now help clinicians predict who is more likely to form clots after surgery, or after being placed on oral contraceptives. New anticoagulants have the potential...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Lichtin, Alan (Editor), Bartholomew, John R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Laboratory Analysis of Coagulation
  • Easy Bruisability
  • Prolonged PT
  • Prolonged PTT
  • Prolongation of Both PT and aPTT
  • Excessive Bleeding with Normal Prothrombin Time, Partial Thromboplastin Time, and Platelet Count
  • Diagnosing Thrombocytopenia in the Clinic
  • Thrombocytopenia in the Intensive Care Unit and after Solid Organ Transplantation
  • Thrombocytosis
  • Prolonged Bleeding after Surgery
  • The Excessively Clotting Cancer Patient
  • Thrombotic Risk factors
  • Clotting around Catheters and Other Devices
  • Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
  • Surgery on Patients on Antiplatelet Agents
  • Newer Oral Anticoagulants
  • Pregnancy.