This text, with contributions from 185 contributors, focuses on the application of scientific principles to the clinical diagnosis and management of haematologic diseases. It covers the full spectrum of haematology - both the molecular basis and clincial practice. There are "boxed" guidelines with boxes set off from the text to highlight individual approaches to patient care. The book also contains a section on general medicine and surgery which should be helpful for the treatment of patients with non-haematologic disorders that result in blood abnormalities. Under the special tests and procedures section there are step-by-step guidelines for performing and interpreting tests and procedures.
Molecular and cellular basis of hematology; biology of stem cells and
disorders of hematopoiesis - bone marrow transplantation; red blood cells -
quantitative disorders of red cells, disorders of haemoglobin synthesis,
haemolytic anaemias; white blood cells; haematologic malignancies - acute
nonlymphocytic leukaemia, acute lymphocytic leukaemia, myelodysplasias,
myeloproliferative disorders, lymphoproliferative disorders, systemic
mastocytosis, supportive care in the haematologic malignancies; haemostasis
and thrombosis - cell biology of platelets and endothelial cells, regulation
of blood coagulation, diagnosis of haemostatic disorders, hereditary
disorders of blood coagulation haemophilia, hypercoagulable states,
anticoagulant therapy, disorders of platelet number and function; transfusion
medicine - immunology of the blood, principles of blood transfusion, new
strategies in transfusion medicine; consultative haematology; special tests
and procedures in haematology.
