Current Practice in Clinical Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Introduction

Over the last decades, clinical hemostasis and thrombosis has evolved as an interdisciplinary practice involving an ever-widening array of diagnostic methods and therapeutics. In addition to the well-characterized inherited bleeding disorders such as hemophilia and von Willebrand disease and the management of patients with venous thromboembolic diseases, the practice of clinical hemostasis and thrombosis increasingly requires interactions with many disciplines including cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, gynecology, obstetrics, hemato-oncology, transfusion medicine, pneumology, orthopedics, oral surgery, and genetics. Moreover, with the advent of thrombophilia and a better awareness of bleeding disorders, screening for a bleeding tendency and testing for thrombophilia are increasingly requested for a growing number of medical and surgical patients. Many tertiary hospitals have set up thrombosis and hemostasis centers or units, usually closely linked to a hemophilia center, with the purpose of providing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of patients with a wide variety of hemostatic and thrombotic abnormalities.

Abstract

Keywords

hemophilia, thrombosis, clinical practice