title: The pathologist as a clinical consultant for hemostasis in the community hospital.
abstract: Most of the clinically recognized disorders of hemostasis were described before the availability of today's sensitive and specific molecular assays. Even though many of these newer assays are not yet technically practical for the average community hospital, in certain situations they are indispensable to accurate diagnosis and treatment. The most significant advances, however, have come not from the tests themselves but from the new insights they have provided into the basic mechanisms of hemostasis, thereby extending the usefulness of the widely available older global clotting assays. Pathologists who are able to integrate this increased understanding of the pathophysiology of various disorders with the history and physical findings will be better able to assist their clinical counterparts in the most cost-effective approach to the care of their patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Minnesota-Duluth.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Blomberg
mesh_terms: D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D003253:Consultants; D006487:Hemostasis; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications; D010338:Pathology, Clinical