Hematology in Clinical Practice

✍ Scribed by Robert S. Hillman, Kenneth A. Ault, Michel Leporrier, Henry M. Rinder

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 512
• Series: LANGE Clinical Medicine
• Edition: 5th Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The most practical and efficient guide to the diagnosis and management of blood disorders – now in full color

200 full-color illustrations!

Hematology in Clinical Practice is a succinct, cutting-edge guide to the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells, and hemostasis, and the use of blood components for transfusion. Each disease state is discussed in detail, incorporating the pathophysiology, clinical features, up-to-date laboratory testing, and current management strategies into a comprehensive and practical approach to hematologic disorders.

Features:

New full-color presentation includes over 200 superb illustrations and classic images of blood morphology, tissue pathology, and clinical findings
New Case Histories introduce and continue through relevant chapters, highlighting critical clinical points for diagnosis and management
New end-of-chapter Points to Remember encapsulate key clinical information
New chapters include Anemia in the Elderly and expanded and updated coverage of Transplantation and treatment of hematologic malignancies
Outstanding collection of tables, charts, and illustrations that translate basic science into valuable clinical context
Strong focus on practical clinical management and supportive care
Coverage of state-of-the-art drugs and chemotherapies and thelatest advances in genetic testing and molecular pathways
Conveniently organized into sections on Red Cells, White Cells, Hemostasis, and Transfusion Medicine

✦ Table of Contents

Title page......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Normal Erythropoiesis......Page 10
Clinical Approach to Anemia......Page 19
Marrow- Damage Anemia......Page 36
Anemias Associated with a Reduced Erythropoietin Response......Page 51
Iron-Deficiency Anemia......Page 62
Thalassemia......Page 74
Hemoglobinopathies .......Page 88
Macrocytic Anemias......Page 103
The Dysplastic and Sideroblastic Anemias......Page 118
Blood Loss Anemia......Page 133
Hemolytic Anemias......Page 145
Anemia in the Elderly......Page 164
Erythrocytosis and Polycythemia Vera......Page 172
Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism......Page 185
Hemochromatosis......Page 191
Normal Myelopoiesis......Page 204
Quantitative and Qualitative Disorders of
Neutrophils......Page 214
The Acute Myeloid Leukemias......Page 224
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and the
Myeloproliferative Disorders......Page 238
Normal Lymphopoiesis and the
Lymphatic System......Page 254
Lymphopenia and Immune Deficiency......Page 267
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Other Leukemic Lymphoproliferative Diseases
......Page 277
Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas......Page 288
Hodgkin Lymphoma......Page 310
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia......Page 320
Plasma Cell Disorders......Page 328
Monocyte-Macrophage Disorders......Page 343
Normal Hemostasis......Page 350
Clinical Approach to Bleeding Disorders......Page 356
Vascular Purpura......Page 365
Thrombocytopenia......Page 373
Platelet Dysfunction and von Willebrand Disease......Page 393
Hemophilia and Other Intrinsic
Pathway Defects......Page 407
Extrinsic and Common Pathway Coagulopathies......Page 420
Consumptive Coagulopathies......Page 429
Thrombotic Disorders......Page 437
Anticoagulation in the Management of
Thrombotic Disorders......Page 456
Blood Component
Therapy......Page 474
A
......Page 486
B
......Page 488
C
......Page 490
D
......Page 492
E
......Page 493
F
......Page 494
H
......Page 495
I
......Page 498
L
......Page 499
M
......Page 500
N
......Page 502
P
......Page 503
R
......Page 506
S
......Page 507
T
......Page 509
U
......Page 510
W
......Page 511
Z
......Page 512

✦ Subjects

Hematology; Laboratory Medicine; Blood Diseases