Provides a comprehensive yet concise and practical guide to the full range of clotting and bleeding disorders encountered in clinical practice.

“Over the last decades, major progress has been made in quality assurance of hemostatic laboratory assays. This book will be an indispensable part of every hemostasis laboratory, where, given its hands-on nature, it will rarely sit to get dusty on the shelves.” - Frits R. Rosendaal, Leiden University Medical Center

The pre-eminent reference on coagulation disorders is now in its thoroughly updated Fifth Edition. Written by more than 160 of the world's foremost authorities, this encyclopedic volume integrates basic science and clinical practice and details all that is currently known about blood clotting disorders and how to manage patients with these and related problems

In this book leading authorities from around the world provide an evidence-based review of the therapeutic options currently available for the management of thrombosis. Topics covered include the use of aspirin for primary and secondary prophylaxis, platelet inhibitors, glycoprotein IIb and IIa inhibitors, pentasaccharides, warfarin, and other agents. Other sections discuss the implementation of antithrombotic therapy in managing specific clinical conditions such as pulmonary embolism, atrial fibrillation, stroke and diabetes, or as an adjunct to other procedures such as PCI.

This new handbook in transfusion medicine and hemostasis aims to combine clinical and laboratory information from two fields which have high degrees of overlap into one concise, easy-to-use pocket book. This comprehensive reference guide will have the depth of information to be helpful to all physicians who order and administer blood components and specialized factors for hemostatic abnormalities, as well as those who consult and care for these often very ill patients.