 | Essential Guide to Blood Coagulation 2e A practical guide to laboratory diagnosis and treatment of hemostatic disorders. Faced with a bleeding patient, it may be difficult to determine whether blood loss is due to a local factor, or an underlying hemostatic defect. There are a range of laboratory tests which can be performed to identify the cause of bleeding in a patient. This book highlights the tests that can be used in the laboratory to aid diagnosis. Essential Guide to Blood Coagulation has been updated to include the new anticoagulants and now has a dedicated chapter on antiplatelet drugs. This invaluable guide will help all those treating patients to expand their knowledge of hemostatic disorders. TITLES OF RELATED INTEREST Hemophilia and Hemostasis: A Case-Based Approach to Management Quality in Laboratory Hemostasis and Thrombosis Edited by Jovan P. Antovic and Margareta Blombäck Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Coagulation Research, Karolinska Institutet; Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden |
