Salient Features * Concise and manageable coverage of the major blood diseases and their treatment. * Does not overload the reader with science, unlike some competing books. * Focus is on the haematology patient and on the practical aspects of the subject. * Makes use of the attractive features of the ICT series - double page spreads, lots of colour illustrations, summary boxes.
Table of Contents ANATOMY AND PHYSIOGY * The bone marrow * Red cells * Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils and monocytes * Lymphocytes * The spleen * Haemostasis
THE HAEMATOLOGY PATIENT * History taking * Examining hte patient * Laboratory haematology I - Blood and bone marrow * Laboratory haematology II - Coagulation and the acute phase response
ANAEMIA * Introduction and classification * Iron deficiency anaemia * Megaloblastic anaemia * Haemolytic anaemiaI - General features and inherited disorders * Haemolytic anaemia II - Acquired disorders * The thalassaemias * Sickle cell syndromes * Anaemia of chronic disorders
LEUKAEMIA * Introduction * Acute myeloid leukaemia * Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia * Chronic myeloid leukaemia * Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia * Other leukaemias * The myelodysplastic syndromes * Aplastic anaemia * Chemotherapy and related treatments * Stem cell transplantation
MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS * Polycythaemia * Essential thrombocythaemia and myelofibrosis
HAEMOSTASIS AND THROMBOSIS * Thrombocytopenia * Disorders of platelet function and vascular purpuras * Haemophilia * Von Willebrand's disease and other inherited coagulation disorders * Acquired disorders of coagulation * Thrombophilia * anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy
BLOOD TRANSFUSION * Blood groups and blood testing * clinical practice
SPECIAL SITUATIONS * The immunosuppressed patient * Pregnancy * Paediatric haematology * Systemic disease * The developing world * Palliative Care
RECENT ADVANCES IN HAEMATOLOGY * Molecular biology * Potential advances in treatment
PRATCIAL PROCEDURES * Venepuncture and venous access * Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy
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Haematology : An Illustrated Colour Text (Paperback)
