Nonmalignant Hematology, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

Robert I. Parker (Author)

9781455749379, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 23 July 2012

240 pages
28 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 0.41 kg

Topics include: A Critical re-appraisal of Factor VIIa; Thrombocytopenia: Hit vs non-HIT causes; Transfusion Reactions: Newer concepts on the pathophysiology, incidence, treatment and prevention of TRALI; The utility of diagnostic scoring systems for DIC; Newer anticoagulants; Anemia in the ICU; The role of plasmapheresis in critical illness; The use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in the ICU; and Coagulopathy in the ICU: DIC vs Liver disease. Is this distinction important?

Subject Areas: Intensive care medicine [MMKL], Haematology [MJF]