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Coagulation disorders can have a variety of causes and may lead to either an increased risk of excessive bleeding or an increased risk of thromboembolic events. Both types of coagulation disorders can be life-threatening and require immediate therapy. Major bleeding is often triggered by an acute cause, such as severe trauma or peripartum hemorrhage (PPH) . The high rate of pre-existing intake of anticoagulants, such as DOACS or Vitamin-K antagonists, can also induce or even aggravate bleeding events, for example in cerebral hemorrhage or traumatic brain injury (TBI). Hereditary causes, such as the congenital Factor XIII deficiency or hemophilia, can also trigger a clinically relevant hemorrhage however, hereditary coagulation disorders are more often associated with thromboembolic events.
A new edition of the proven guide to providing emergency care for mothers-to-be in acute medical distress Now in its sixth edition, Critical Care Obstetrics offers an authoritative guide to what might go seriously wrong with a pregnancy and delivery and explains how to manage grave complications. Written by an international panel of experts, this updated and revised edition contains the most recent advances in the field as well as recommendations for treating common complications such as bleeding, thrombosis, trauma, acute infection, airway problems and drug reactions in a pregnant patient. This important guide offers the information needed to enable the early-on recognition of life-threaten...
Critical Care Obstetrics Improve medical outcomes for both mothers and children with this essential guide For the first time in decades, maternal mortality rates are climbing in the United States. Factors including lack of access to prenatal care, un- or underinsured populations, rising rates of cardiovascular disease, and more combine to make pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous prospects. In this environment, the study of critical care obstetrics has never been more essential. Critical Care Obstetrics, Seventh Edition a fully updated guide to the medical management of serious conditions in pregnancy and childbirth. Beginning with basic principles, it surveys the potential serious compli...
Injuries cause more than half of all childhood deaths and a large proportion of pediatric trauma care is provided by non-pediatric specialists. This book provides an update of current practice, backed by evidence-based recommendations, in four sections: 1) Trauma systems for children, including epidemiology, organization of pediatric trauma care, disaster planning and systems for mass pediatric casualties and community injury prevention programs. 2) General principles of resuscitation and supportive care. 3) Specific injuries commonly seen in children, including from child abuse. 4) Rehabilitation, communication, long-term outcomes and performance improvement methods to monitor outcomes.
Guest edited by Drs Sarah Vossoughi and Brie Stotler, this issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine will cover several key areas of interest related to Pediatric Transfusion Medicine. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Milenko Tanasijevic. Articles in this issue include but are not limited to: Transfusion in the Pediatric Patient: Review of Evidence Based Guidelines, Transfusion in the Neonatal Patient: Review of Evidence Based Guidelines, Massive Transfusion in the Pediatric Patient, Pediatric Hemovigilance and Adverse Transfusion Reactions, Inventory Management and Product Selection in Pediatric Blood Banking, Evaluation and Management of Coagulopathies and Thrombophilias in the Pediatric Patient, Transfusion and Cellular Therapy in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease, Cellular Therapy in Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies, Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn: Historical and Current State, Novel Blood Component Therapies in the Pediatric Setting, and more.
In many ways, the rise and expansion of the Department of Pathology at Baylor mirrors the story of medicine in the 20th century. Tthis title follows its rise from its beginnings in Houston during World War II, when it had staff of two in part of a former Sears store, to its current staff of 329 working in 21,000 square feet of space.
There should be, and in the best of cases there is, a synergy between basic research and patient care. However, this synergy is hard to develop because the techniques required to be a successful researcher are so different from the skills required to be an outstanding physician. Harold R. Roberts, M.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is an example of a physician-researcher who has benefited from having his feet in both the world of patient care and the world of the laboratory: he has let clinical problems direct his basic research effort and conversely has adopted research advances in his care of patients. Dr. Roberts's long and continuing career has included many resear...