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Life-Threatening Coagulation Disorders in Critical Care Medicine

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Viola Hach-Wunderle

    1. William-Harvey-Klinik, Abt. für Innere Medizin, Bad Nauheim, Germany

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  2. Peter P. Nawroth

    1. Medizinische Klinik I, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Pathophysiology, Presentation, and Treatment of Conditions Associated with DIC

      • H. Böhrer, P. P. Nawroth
      Pages 3-40

    3. Consumption Coagulopathy: Principles of Management

      • R. Scherer
      Pages 41-48

  3. Acquired Inhibitors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Acquired Inhibitors Against Factor VIII and Factor IX

      • I. Scharrer
      Pages 51-59

    3. Lupus Anticoagulants

      • B. Pötzsch
      Pages 61-64

    4. Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

      • A. Greinacher
      Pages 65-71

  4. Massive Bleeding

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Bleeding in Transplantation Surgery

      • H. Riess
      Pages 75-84

    3. Bleeding After Massive Transfusion

      • M. Köhler
      Pages 85-88

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 89-90
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Hypercoagulability and bleeding are problems physicians frequently encounter when treating intensive care patients. The coagulation mechanism is a tightly controlled system. Its balance is disturbed in conditions such as septicemia, trauma, shock, and others. The dis­ turbances may be local or disseminated and the therapeutic options available are limited and nonspecific: limited since in most cir­ cumstances they may not affect the underlying disease and are si­ milarly independent of the pathogenic mechanism; nonspecific since they cannot be specifically targeted to the problem of local or sys­ temic disturbance of coagulation. Furthermore, increased and de­ creased coagulability may be present at the same time. Activation of coagulation may lead to fibrin deposition and decreased hemostatic capacity, as seen in disseminated intravascular coagulation. New diagnostic approaches for acquired disorders of coagulation have been developed and form a new basis for therapeutic strategies. Despite this progress, many physicians are aware of the problem that, especially for intensive care patients, a treatment very often has to be selected before diagnostic procedures can be completed. We also know that for many diseases rare occurrence or the hetero­ genity of the patient population make it quite difficult to conduct clinical studies which prove that a therapeutic regimen is efficacious. Thus, much discussion about coagulation disorders in critically ill patients is still necessary. Even so, it is important to provide guidelines for handling these problems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • William-Harvey-Klinik, Abt. für Innere Medizin, Bad Nauheim, Germany

    Viola Hach-Wunderle

  • Medizinische Klinik I, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Peter P. Nawroth

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Life-Threatening Coagulation Disorders in Critical Care Medicine

  • Editors: Viola Hach-Wunderle, Peter P. Nawroth

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60490-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-61475-3Published: 14 November 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60490-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 90

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cardiology, Anesthesiology, Surgery, Gynecology

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