Main description:

The approach described in this book is different from that in most student texts, and has been very successful in practice, starting almost from scratch, but omitting many of the 'basics' such as the details of hematopoiesis, laboratory technology, and so on, which are hardly relevant to the practising clinician and student in the wards, and are primarily of interest to the hematologist and sometimes to the clinical specialist. Considerable emphasis is given to the clinical history and examination, and the interpretation of the clinical patterns thus exposed. Hopefully it will overcome many of the traditional problems experienced in practical diagnostic haematology.

Contents:

Preface, Introduction. Before you start., Blood Diseases and their Diagnosis I, Blood Diseases and their Diagnosis II, Clinical Interactions between the Blood and other Systems, The Principles of Diagnosis and the Clinical Examination, A Practical Approach to the FBC and Haemostatic Screen., The Bone Marrow Report., Anaemia: General Considerations., Microcytosis: The Microcytic Anaemias., Macrocytosis: The Macrocytic Anaemias., Normocytosis: The Normocytic Anaemias, Thrombocytopenia., Thrombocytosis., The Leukocytoses. , The Leukopenias., Pancytopenia and Bicytopenias., Polycythaemia., Erythrocytosis., Bleeding Tendencies., Transfusion-Related Problems., Iron Overload., The Hypercoagulable States., Immune Deficiencies and the Immunoproliferative Disorders., Mixed, Complex and Compound Disorders., Bibliography and Suggested Reading., Appendices.