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Diagnosis of Hemophilia and Other Bleeding Disorders: A Laboratory Manual

 
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Year: 2010

Language: English

Author(s): Steve Kitchen, Angus McCraw, Marión Echenagucia

Also Available In: Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish, Arabic

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This WFH manual is the definitive how-to guide for the accurate diagnosis of hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. Written and reviewed by the world’s leading experts in coagulation testing, this comprehensive, revised edition features new sections on two-stage clotting and chromogenic FVIII assays, von Willebrand factor collagen binding assay and multimer analysis, and the use of coagulometers.

Lab Manual Videos

NOW AVAILABLE: Step-by-step video demonstrations of the three most important manual diagnostic techniques:

  • APTT (Section 13)
  • One-stage FVIII assay (Section 23)
  • FVIII inhibitor assay (Section 28)

Each video features:

  • careful demonstration of correct technique
  • detailed explanations of the background theory of the assay
  • special considerations for issues of limited resources
  • discussion of the important reagents
  • plotting and interpretation of typical results
  • searchable transcripts
  • record sheets and graph paper to downloadts

Content

  1. Laboratory Equipment
  2. Checking Pipette and Weighing Balance Calibration
  3. Laboratory Safety
  4. Sample Collection and Pre-Analytical Variables
  5. Internal Quality Control and External Quality Assessment
  6. Manual Tilt-Tube Technique
  7. Preparation and Calibration of Pooled Normal Plasma (PNP)
  8. Establishing a Normal Reference Range
  9. Reagents
  10. Platelet Count
  11. Bleeding Time
  12. Prothrombin Time (PT)
  13. Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)
  14. Mixing Tests For Further Investigation of Abnormal PT and APTT
  15. Thrombin Clotting Time
  16. Thrombin Time in the Presence of Protamine Sulphate to Detect Presence of Heparin
  17. Reptilase Time
  18. Fibrinogen (Modifi ed Clauss Assay)
  19. Removal of Heparin from Plasma
  20. Fibrinogen Antigen Assay by Radial Immunodiffusion (RID)
  21. Factor XIII Screen
  22. Assays Based on Prothrombin Time (Factors II, V, VII, or X)
  23. Factor Assays Based on APTT (One-Stage Assay of FVIII:C, FIX, FXI, or FXII)
  24. Factor VIII:C Assays in Cryoprecipitate
  1. Two-Stage Clotting Assay for Factor VIII:C
    25.1 Production of Combined Reagent for Two-Stage Factor FVIII:C Assay
  2. Chromogenic FVIII:C Assay
  3. One-Stage Intrinsic Assay of Prekallikrein (PKK) and High Molecular Weight Kininogen (HMWK)
  4. Clotting Factor Inhibitor Screen Based on APTT
  5. Ristocetin Cofactor Activity/von Willebrand Factor Activity (VWF: RCo or VWF:Act)
    29.1 Fixed Platelet Preparation
  6. Von Willebrand Factor Antigen by Elisa (VWF:Ag)
  7. Von Willebrand Factor Collagen Binding Assay (VWF:CB)
  8. Factor VIII Binding Assay for Diagnosis of von Willebrand Disease Normandy
  9. VWF Multimer Analysis
  10. Quantitative Measurement of FVIII Inhibitors
  11. Factor IX Inhibitor Assay
  12. Factor XIII Activity Assay
  13. Lupus Anticoagulant and Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies
  14. Dilute Russell’s Viper Venom Time (DRVVT)
    38.1 Preparation of Washed Platelets for DRVVT
  15. Platelet Function Testing
    39.1 Clot Retraction
    39.2 Measurement of Platelet Aggregation
  16. Lyophilization of Plasma
  17. Evaluation and Use of Coagulometers
  18. Molecular Genetic Analysis
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