Includes bibliographical references and index.

Schematic presentation of the hemostatic system / Nils Egberg -- Proposals for sampling instructions / Margareta Blombäck, Nils Egberg -- Laboratory investigation / Jovan P. Antovic, Nils Egberg -- Hereditary bleeding disorders / Margareta Holmström, Margareta Blombäck -- Critical bleedings / Hans Johnsson -- Investigations of increased bleeding tendency / Nils Egberg, Margareta Holmström -- Venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism / Anders Carlsson -- Drug treatment in deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism / Anders Carlsson -- New anticoagulants : focus on currently approved oral factor Xa and factor IIa inhibitors / Rickard E. Malmström -- Arterial thromboembolism / Kenneth Pehrsson ... [et al.] -- Investigations of thromboembolic tendency / Margareta Holmström -- Hemostasis in obstetrics and gynecology / Katarina Bremme -- Hemostatic defects in children / Pia Petrini -- Emergency conditions associated with coagulation activation / Jovan P. Antovic, Margareta Holmström.