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Title Details:
Practical Guide to Pediatric Hematology - Queries and Responses
Other Titles: Description of Incidents - Peripheral blood smear photos
Authors: Vlacha, Vasiliki
Subject: MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > INTERNAL MEDICINE > HEMATOLOGY
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > INTERNAL MEDICINE > HEMATOLOGY > TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > PEDIATRICS
Keywords:
Transfusion
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Hemolysis
Blood Coagulation
Lymphadenopathy
Myelodysplasia
Description:
Abstract:
In this textbook, the most common hematological entities in pediatric hematology are analyzed. It is divided into four parts. Each part includes the clinical disorders corresponding to the cellular components of blood (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets), and the last part analyzes coagulation disorders. It is structured with questions and answers aimed at addressing everyday clinical practice questions. Representative pediatric cases are analyzed using information from the patient's history, physical examination, and laboratory tests. The first part (chapters 1-16) focuses on red blood cells. The indices of red blood cells are interpreted, and an evaluation of anemia is performed. Specifically, hemolytic anemias are studied, with representative examples being hereditary spherocytosis, anemias in neonates, hemoglobinopathies represented by beta-thalassemia, nutritional anemias, and finally, aplastic anemia. The principles of red blood cell and platelet transfusion are also studied. The second part (chapters 17-24) deals with disorders of white blood cells. Neutropenia, leukocytosis, and variations in the types of white blood cells are analyzed. An evaluation of acute leukemias is performed, with acute lymphoblastic leukemia being a representative example. This chapter also studies lymphomas and the investigation of lymphadenopathy. Additionally, myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic syndromes are analyzed. The third part (chapter 25) examines platelet disorders. Thrombocytopenias, thrombocytopathies, and thrombocytosis are studied. The fourth and final part (chapter 26) investigates blood coagulation problems, particularly bleeding disorders and thrombosis.
Linguistic Editors: Konachos, Dimitrios
Graphic Editors: Tsakmaki, Eleni
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 08-06-2023
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-015-7
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-244
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/9721
Bibliographic Reference: Vlacha, V. (2023). Practical Guide to Pediatric Hematology - Queries and Responses [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-244
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Development of hematopoiesis
2. Red blood cell production
3. Investigation of anemia
4. Anemia in newborns
5. Hemolytic anemias
6. Disorders of the red blood cell membrane
7. Enzymopathies of red blood cells
8. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
9. Other causes of hemolytic anemia
10. Hemoglobinopathies
11. Aplastic anemia
12. Anemia of chronic disease
13. Iron deficiency anemia
14. Vitamin B12 deficiency
15. Transfusion of red blood cells
16. Transfusion of platelets
17. Disorders of white blood cells
18. Neutropenia
19. Leukocytosis
20. Chronic myeloid disorders
21. Myelodysplastic syndromes
22. Acute leukemias
23. Lymphomas
24. Characteristics of lymphadenopathy in childhood
25. Platelet disorders
26. Coagulation disorders
Number of pages 392
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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