Evaluation of the bleeding patient.

Part 1: The laboratory interface.

1. Basic principles underlying the coagulation system.

2. Laboratory tests of hemostasis.

3. Molecular diagnostic approaches to hemostasis.

4. Tests of platelet function.

Part 2 The practice of clinical hemostasis and.

5. Hemophilia A and B.

6. Von Willebrand disease Castaman.

7. The rarer inherited coagulation disorders.

8. Quantitative platelet disorders.

9. Qualitative platelet disorders.

10. Disseminated intravascular coagulation and other microangiopathies.

11. Venous thromboembolism.

12. Arterial thrombosis.

13. Anticoagulation.

14. Antiphospholipid syndrome.

Part 3 The clinical interface.

15. Obstetrics.

16. Pediatrics.

17. Intensive/critical care.

18. Cardiothoracic surgery and cardiovascular disease.

19. Hepatology.

20. Oncology.

21. Transfusion.

22. Renal disease.

23. Neurological disease.

Appendices.

1. Normal ranges.

2. Useful websites.