Title	Primary Hematology [electronic resource] / edited by Ayalew Tefferi
Imprint	Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2001
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-228-9
Descript	XIV, 472 p. online resource

The discipline of hematology ranges widely from the diagnosis and management of anemia to hematologic malignancies and transfusion medicine, and involves significant ethical issues and problems in statistical interpretation. In Primary Hematology, Ayalew Tefferi, MD, and a team of authoritative practicing physicians concisely detail their most effective approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of hematological disorders, including anemia and other cytopenias, primary and secondary myeloproliferative disorders, lymphoid and plasma cell disorders, and thrombotic and bleeding disorders. For each illness these expert clinicians provide a brief review of basic concepts and a discussion of its symptomology and classification, its diagnostic tests, and strategies for its management, along with suggested readings for more detailed information. Numerous decision trees clarify diagnosis, and summary boxes highlight key points and dosage parameters. Other areas covered include leukemias and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, transfusion medicine, hereditary hemochromatosis, the hematologic manifestations of HIV disease, porphyria, and the use of hematopoietc growth factors in clinical practice. Concise, practical, and up-to-date, Primary Hematology offers busy primary care physicians, internists, hematologists, and oncologists a much-needed action-oriented summary of proven approaches to the optimal diagnosis and treatment of hematologic disorders today

I Anemia and Other Cytopenias -- 1 A Practical Approach to the Diagnosis of Anemia -- 2 Specific Anemia Syndromes and Their Management -- 3 The Thalassemia Syndromes and the Hemoglobinopathies -- 4 Sickle Cell Disorders -- 5 Practical Aspects in the Diagnosis and Management of Anlastic Anemia -- 6 Differential Diagnosis of Neutropenia -- 7 Causes and Management of Isolated Thrombocytopenia -- II Primary and Secondary Myeloproliferative Disorders -- 8 An Approach to the Patient With Erythrocytosis -- 9 Differential Diagnosis and Management of Thrombocytosis -- 10 Chronic Myeloproliferative Diseases: Polycythemia Vera and Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia -- 11 An Approach to the Patient With Myelodysplasia -- 12 The Eosinophil and Eosinophilia -- III Leukemias and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- 13 Leukocytosis and the Chronic Leukemias -- 14 Acute Leukemia -- 15 Blood and Marrow Transplantation -- IV Lymphoid and Plasma Cell Disorders -- 16 Lymphadenopathy -- 17 Hodgkinโ{128}{153}s Disease and Non-Hodgkinโ{128}{153}s Lymphoma -- 18 An Evaluation of Patients With Monoclonal Gammopathies -- 19 Multiple Myeloma and Related Disorders -- V Thrombotic and Bleeding Disorders -- 20 An Overview of the Hemostatic System and Interpretation of Common Screening Coagulation Tests -- 21 Bleeding Disorders: An Overview and Clinical Practice -- 22 Thrombogenesis and Thrombotic Disorders -- VI Miscellaneous Topics in Hematology -- 23 Transfusion Medicine: Practical Issues -- 24 Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Disease for All Physicians -- 25 Hematologic Manifestations of HIV Disease -- 26 Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Clinical Practice -- 27 A Primer of Chemotherapy -- 28 An Approach to Porphyria -- 29 Ethical Issues in the Care of Patients With Hematologic Diseases -- 30 Statistical Methods Frequently Used in Hematology Research