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Coagulation disorders quality in laboratory diagnosis

Laposata, Michael.

Coagulation disorders quality in laboratory diagnosis [electronic resource] : - New York : Demos Medical Pub., c2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 145 p.) - Diagnostic standards of care . - Diagnostic standards of care. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Monitoring of anticoagulant therapy and patients being treated with warfarin -- Monitoring of anticoagulant therapy in patients being treated with unfractionated heparin -- Monitoring of anticoagulant therapy in patients being treated with low molecular weight heparin -- Monitoring of anticoagulant therapy in patients being treated with fondaparinux -- Monitoring of anticoagulant therapy in patients being treated with lepirudin or argatroban -- Evaluation for heparin induced thrombocytopenia -- Evaluation of prolongations of the PT and the PTT, and assessment for deficiencies of coagulation factors -- Evaluation for disseminated intravascular coagulation -- Evaluation for a congenital hypercoagulable state -- Evaluation for antiphospholipid antibodies -- Evaluation for von Willebrand disease -- Evaluation for a coagulation factor VIII inhibitor -- Evaluation for thrombocytopenia that is not associated with heparin exposure -- Evaluation for platelet dysfunction in the presence or absence of antiplatelet agents.

9781617050220 (electronic bk.) 1617050229 (electronic bk.)


Blood coagulation disorders--Diagnosis.
Diagnosis, Laboratory.
Blood Coagulation Disorders--diagnosis.
Anticoagulants--therapeutic use.
Blood Coagulation--physiology.
Clinical Laboratory Techniques--methods.
Medical Errors--prevention & control.

2011 A-427 WH 322 / L315c 2011
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