Precision Anticoagulation Medicine: A Practical Guide

Description of Precision Anticoagulation Medicine: A Practical Guide

This book provides a practical guide to the use of novel and conventional anticoagulants for a variety of medical conditions and patients profiled. It reviews data for selecting the most appropriate medication for a given presentation based on a patient’s background while highlighting current best practices. Chapters discuss the choice of agents and optimum duration of therapy while including the relevant literature review and evidence. Specific sections focus on the use of anticoagulants in patients with cardiovascular disease, autoimmune and rheumatologic disorders, antiphospholipid syndrome, cancer, and in the surgical contexts. The book also examines anticoagulation in pregnant and lactating women, pediatric and elderly populations, and patients with extreme weights.

Intended for use in daily practice, Precision Anticoagulation Medicine: A Practical Guide is an essential resource for physicians and related professionals, residents, fellows, and graduate students in hematology, cardiology, rheumatology, oncology, surgery, anesthesiology, and intensive care.

About the Author

Hadi Goubran, MBBCh, MSc, MD, FACP, FRCPEdin, Hematologist, Saskatoon Cancer Centre and Clinical Professor, Division of Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Gaafar M. Ragab, MBBCh, MSc, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Fellow, American College of Rheumatology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Suzy Hassouna, MD, Ph.D, Carl and Elsa Rehberg Hematology Research Professor, Professor of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

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