Point-of-Care Tests for Severe Hemorrhage A Manual for Diagnosis and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ranucci, Marco (Editor), Simioni, Paolo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

This book is a rich source of information on point-of-care (POC) tests for the diagnosis and treatment of severe hemorrhage, including thromboelastography, thromboelastometry, heparin monitoring systems, and platelet function analyzers (Multiplate, PFA-100, VerifyNow, etc.). The opening chapters foc...

Table of Contents:

• Pathophysiology of coagulation
• General aspects of viscoelastic tests
• General aspects of platelet function tests
• Other POC tests
• POC tests in clinical practice: history
• Blood derivates and prohemostatic drugs
• Clinical management of severe bleeding in trauma patients
• Clinical management of severe bleeding in cardiovascular patients
• Clinical management of post-partum hemorrhage
• Clinical management of severe bleeding in liver surgery
• Disorders of hemostasis in critically ill patients
• Assessment of the effects of antithrombotic drugs
• Practical issues in POC tests
• Clinical cases.