CLINICAL PATHOLOGY CONTENT SPECIFICATIONS
HEMOSTASIS AND COAGULATION

I.Technical Methods
 D-timer testing
 INR
 Molecular diagnosis in assessment of hypercoagulability
  
II.Blood Vessels
  
III.Platelets
 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
 Common platelet function disorders
  
IV.Coagulation
 General concepts and role of the following:
     Recombinant factor VIIa in treatment of bleeding disorders and massive hemorrhage
     Plasminogen activators and inhibitors in thrombosis
     Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor in thrombosis
     Natural inhibitors of coagulation
 Anticoagulant therapy
     Indications for LMW heparin and how to monitor
     Direct thrombin inhibitors
     Platelet inhibitors & other antiplatelet therapy
 Aspirin resistance
 Warfarin resistance
 ADAMS13 and TTP
 D-dimers and PE screening
 Hypercoagulable states-diagnosis
 Lupus anticoagulants-lab tests, clinical implications
  
  References

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