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Coagulation Testing and Transfusion Medicine

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Transfusion Services are presented with many challenging coagulation problems. Most cases gain attention when out of the ordinary requests for blood products are received. The Transfusion Medicine Physician is often brought into a clinical scenario that has already become an emergency and quick response is imperative [1–8]. Decisions often have to be made empirically, or with the help of a very limited coagulation test menu. This chapter will focus on maximizing information from a short coagulation test menu, reviewing the tools available to correct coagulopathies, and applying these tests to emergency situations.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Robert C. Blaylock MD & Christopher M. Lehman MD

  2. Blood Bank, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Robert C. Blaylock MD

  3. Hospital Clinical Laboratories, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Christopher M. Lehman MD

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Blaylock, R.C., Lehman, C.M. (2015). Coagulation Testing and Transfusion Medicine. In: Laboratory Hemostasis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08924-9_12

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