Kitchens: CONSULTATIVE THROMBOSIS & HEMOSTASIS; April 2002; 135,00 €; 672 Pag. 450 Illus. ver ficha

 
Craig S. Kitchens, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.  
Barbara M. Alving, MD, Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, ML, USA.  
Craig Kessler, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Vince Lombardi Cancer Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
 
 
Focuses on the "hands-on how-to's" in your field!  
CONSULTATIVE HEMOSTASIS AND THROMBOSIS helps you to quickly and effectively diagnose and manage today's full range of clotting and bleeding disorders using the best techniques available.  
 
54 expert clinicians provide you with concise descriptions of each condition's symptoms, laboratory findings, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment  
-,putting all the clinical guidance you need at your fingertips.  
 
Plus, it's easy to use!  
A reader-friendly design, coupled with more than 400 illustrations and at-a-glance tables, makes CONSULTATIVE HEMOSTASIS AND THROMBOSIS the ideal  
reference tool for busy physicians.  

Features
  • 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.

 
Contents
 
PART I - GENERAL INFORMATION  
The Consultative Process ( Kitchens) 
 
Hemostatic Testing and Laboratory Interpretation ( Home) 
 
A Systematic Approach to the Bleeding Patient ( Liu and Kessler ) 
 
 
 
PART II - HEMOPHILIC PROCESSES  
Hemophilia A and B ( Cohen and Kessler ) 
 
Less Common Congential Disorders of Hemostasis ( Roberts and Escobar ) 
 
Nonhemophilic Inhibitors of Coagulation ( Ewenstein, Putnam, and Bohn ) 
 
von Willebrand Disease ( Rick) 
 
General Aspects of Thrombocytopenia, Platelet Transfusions, and Thrombopoietic Growth Factors ( Angiolillo, Abu-Ghosh, Davenport, and Cairo)  
 
Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura ( George and Kojouri ) 
 
Disorders of Platelet Function( Rao). 
 
Purpura and Related Hematovascular Lesions ( Kitchens) 
 
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation ( Kitchens) 
 
 
 
. PART III - THROMBOTIC PROCESSES  
. Thrombophilia ( Zwicker and Bauer ) 
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. Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolus ( Haire) 
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. Venous Thromboses at Unusual Sites ( Kitchens) 
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. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Postphlebitic Syndrome ( Rosa, Gillespie, and O'Donnell ) 
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. Thrombocytosis ( Mittal and Kessler ) 
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. The Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Patient Management ( Alving) 
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. Hemostatic Aspects of Cardiovascular Medicine ( Becker and Berkowitz ) 
.  
. Novel Risk Factors for arterial Thrombosis ( Cushman and Ridker ) 
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. Hemostatic and Thrombotic Disorders of Malignancy ( Rickles and Levine ) 
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. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura ( Moake) 
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. Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia ( Warkentin) 
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. PART IV - PHARMACOLOGIC AGENTS  
.  
Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Agents ( Francis and Berkowitz ) 
 
Transfusion Medicine and Pharmacologic Aspects of Hemostasis ( Bolan and Klein ) 
 
Topical Hemostatic Agents for Localized Bleeding ( Jackson) 
 
 
 
. PART V - WOMEN'S ISSUES  
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. Thrombotic Risk of Oral Contraceptives, Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement,and Selective Estrogen Receptor  
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Modulators ( Stein and Konkle )Management of Bleeding Disorders in Pregnancy ( Seremetis and Afshani ) 
 
Management of Thrombophilia and Antiphospholipid Syndrome During Pregnancy ( Eldor) 
 
 
 
. PART VI - SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS  
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Surgery and Hemostasis ( Kitchens). 
 
Liver Disease, Organ Transplantation, and Hemostasis ( Ragni) 
 
Hemorrhagic and Thrombotic Disorders in the Intensive Care Setting ( DeLoughery) 
 
Hemostatic Aspects of Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ( Evatt and Hooper ) 
 
Outpatient Anticoagulant Therapy ( Ansell) 
 
Near-Site Testing in Hemostatic Disorders ( Macik) 
 
Prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Neurologic and Neurosurgical Patients ( Green) 
 
Inferior Vena Caval Interventions In Thromboembolic Disease: The Viewpoint of Vascular Radiology ( Davae and Meyerovitz ) 
 
Inferior Vena Caval Filters: A Hematologist's Perspective ( Streiff) 
 
Neuraxial Anesthesia and the Anticoagulated Patient: Balancing the Risks and Benefits ( Horlocker and Heit )