Now in its Fifth Edition, Clinical Hematology covers the theory and procedures involved in the medical diagnosis and treatment of various disorders of the blood and bone marrow. Presented in a highly readable and engaging format, this text is ideally suited for the two-year MLT student. Procedures are organized to adhere to the format suggested by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI).

This fully updated Fifth Edition includes the latest CLSI standards and guidelines. A new full-color art program will engage the reader.

Online ancillaries include a quiz bank and lab manual of additional procedures for students and two test banks, one containing more than 800 unique questions, the other containing all the review questions from the book. PowerPoint slides and an image bank for instructors are also included.

Part 1: THE PRINCIPLES OF HEMATOLOGY

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Hematology

Chapter 2: Principles of Blood Collection

Chapter 3: Molecular Genetics and Cellular Morphology

Chapter 4: Hematopoiesis: Bone Marrow and Blood

Part 2: ERYTHROCYTES

Chapter 5: Normal Erythrocyte Lifecycle and Physiology

Chapter 6: Erythrocyte Morphology and Inclusions

Chapter 7: Classification and Laboratory Assessment of Anemias

Chapter 8: Acute and Chronic Blood Loss Anemias

Chapter 9: Aplastic and Related Anemias

Chapter 10: Hypochromic Anemias and Disorders of Iron Metabolism

Chapter 11: Megaloblastic Anemias

Chapter 12: Hemolytic Anemias

Chapter 13: The Hemoglobinopathies

Part 3: LEUKOCYTES

Chapter 14: Leukocytes: The Granulocytic and Monocytic Series

Chapter 15: Leukocytes: Nonmalignant Disorders of Granulocytes and Monocytes

Chapter 16: Leukocytes: Lymphocytes and Plasma Cells

Chapter 17: Leukocytes: Nonmalignant Lymphocytic Disorders

Chapter 18: Characteristics of Leukemias and Lymphomas

Chapter 19: Acute Leukemias

Chapter 20: Malignant Lymphoid and Monocytic Disorders and Plasma Cell Dyscrasias

Part 4: ADDITIONAL GROUPS OF CLONAL DISORDERS

Chapter 21: Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders

Chapter 22: Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Part 5: PRINCIPLES AND DISORDERS OF HEMOSTASIS AND THROMBOSIS

Chapter 23: Principles of Hemostasis and Thrombosis

Chapter 24: Disorders of Hemostasis and Thrombosis

Part 6: FUNDAMENTALS OF HEMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Chapter 25: Body Fluid Analysis

Chapter 26: Manual Procedures in Hematology

Chapter 27: Instrumentation in Hematology

Glossary

Appendices

A: Answers to Review Questions

B: Basics of Medical Terminology

C: SI Units

Index