Pediatric Hematology

Pediatric Hematology is a comprehensive and succinct referenced text on the diagnosis and treatment of blood diseases in childhood. It provides a ready source of reference for all the conditions likely to be encountered in day-to-day clinical practice. For each condition, the authors give helpful advice on differential diagnoses and clinical management. This third edition has been extensively updated throughout, in light of recent developments in this rapidly advancing area of medicine.

A well established textbook on the diagnosis and treatment of blood disorders in childhood

A balanced and cutting edge referenced text on all aspects of diagnosis and treatment
Easy to use, practically organized, with essential aspects of biology included within each chapter
International editorial and contributor team - representing a wide geographical and chronological range
Whether you are an established sub-specialist in pediatric hematology/oncology, a pediatrician, a trainee or nursing specialist, this book will answer all your questions about benign and malignant disorders of the blood in children and young adults.

Table of Contents

Section 1: The Scientific Basis
1 Hematopoiesis: an introduction

Section 2: Marrow Failure Syndromes
2 Failure of red cell production
3 Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes
4 Acquired aplastic anemia

Section 3: Red Cell Disorders
5 Disorders of iron metabolism: iron deficiency, iron overload and the sideroblastic anemias
6 Megaloblastic anemia and disorders of cobalamin and folate metabolism
7 Nonimmune neonatal anemias
8 Immune hemolytic anemias
9 Disorders of erythrocyte metabolism including porphyria
10 Sickle cell disease
11 Hemoglobin variants and the rarer hemoglobin disorders
12 Red cell membrane abnormalities
13 Thalassemias

Section 4: Granulocyte Disorders
14 Disorders of granulopoiesis and granulocyte function
15 Histiocytic disorders
16 Acute myeloid leukemia
17 Chronic myeloid leukemia
18 Myelodysplastic syndromes

Section 5: Lymphocyte Disorders
19 Primary and acquired immunodeficiency
20 Clinical features and therapy of lymphoblastic leukemia
21 Lymphomas

Section 6: Platelet Disorders
22 Inherited and congenital thrombocytopenia
23 Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
24 Thrombocytosis
25 Platelet function disorders

Section 7: Coagulation Disorders
26 Hemophilia A and B
27 von Willebrand disease
28 Rare congenital hemorrhagic disorders
29 Acquired disorders of hemostasis
30 Bleeding in the neonate
31 Thromboembolic complications in children

Section 8: Supportive Therapy
32 Blood components and fractionated plasma products: preparation, indications and administration
33 Hazards of transfusion
34 Management of infection in children with bone marrow failure

Section 9: Secondary Problems
35 Hematologic effects of systemic disease and nonhematopoietic tumors
36 Lysosomal storage disorders
37 Reference values