The blood is a very complex organ in our body and coagulation, in particular, is coordinated by various mechanisms. It is known from experience that in order to truly learn and comprehend the different coagulation processes and disorders, most medical students take much time and great pains. The topic is often regarded as not comprehensible and very abstract. This article is supposed to provide...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective database review. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare complication rates following one to two-level lumbar spine surgery in patients with primary hypercoagulable states and coagulopathies. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Both hypercoagulable states and coagulopathies are not uncommon conditions that have the potential to significantly alter perioperative pa...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of rare inherited coagulopathies at three centers of haematology in Karachi and to study the clinical spectrum and laboratory data of these coagulopathies. METHODS This was a descriptive study conducted from September 2003 to December 2004 on subjects from Aga Khan University Hospital, Husaini Blood Bank and Fatimid Blood Transfusion Centre. All the subjec...

it has been recognized that patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease (cchd) show significant bleeding tendency which can be secondary to coagulopathies in these patients. some coagulation abnormalities are thrombocytopenia, factor deficiencies, fibrinolysis and disseminated intravascular coagulation  (dic). according to high prevalence of cchd and major operations in theses patients, the...