Haematology: An Illustrated Colour Text

by Martin R. Howard MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, Mary Owen MBChB, BSc, PGCert (ClinEd), MRCP, FRCPath

Overview

Clear explanations, an easy-to-use logical layout, and abundant illustrations make Haematology: An Illustrated Colour Text, 5th Edition, an ideal resource for medical students, junior doctors, and others who need a concise, practical introduction to this complex subject. Part of the popular Illustrated Colour Text series, it offers a comprehensive overview of diseases of the blood presented in clear double-page learning units, with descriptions of the pathophysiological processes leading to disease and the principles of therapy. In addition, this fully updated text includes relevant anatomy, examination skills, laboratory and transfusion medicine, and practical procedures, making it an excellent learning tool at all levels of training.

• Features a full-colour, attractive presentation with easily accessible double page spreads, a logical progression of topics, summary boxes, and problem-based learning cases to help with clinical application and check understanding.
• Reflects the tremendous advances in haematology diagnostics and clinical practice that have occurred in recent years.
• Offers easy-to-digest, balanced coverage of haematology with dedicated sections on basic science, the haematology patient, special situations, and advances.
• Includes new coverage of immunotherapies, including CAR-T and bispecific antibodies; the increasing roles of molecular diagnostics and precision medicine; new treatments in the management of haematological malignancies and bleeding disorders; clinical transfusion medicine; and potential future roles of minimal residual disease monitoring, gene therapy, and artificial intelligence.
• Covers the haematological manifestations of systemic disease, implications of haematological disease in the paediatric and older adult populations, and the importance of palliative and supportive care in haematological disease.
• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443379062
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	04/01/2026
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.00(d)

Table of Contents

Section 1: Anatomy and physiology
1. The bone marrow
2. Red cells
3. Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils and monocytes
4. Lymphocytes
5. The spleen
6. Haemostasis

Section 2: The haematology patient
8. Examining the patient
9. Laboratory haematology I – Blood and bone marrow
10. Laboratory haematology II – Coagulation and the acute phase response

Section 3: Anaemia
11. Introduction and classification
12. Iron deficiency anaemia
13. Megaloblastic anaemia
14. Haemolytic anaemia I – General features and inherited disorders
15. Haemolytic anaemia II – Acquired disorders
16. The thalassaemias
17. Sickle cell syndromes
18. Anaemia of chronic disease

Section 4: Leukaemia
19. Introduction
20. Acute myeloid leukaemia
21. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
22. Chronic myeloid leukaemia
23. Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
24. Other leukaemias
25. The myelodysplastic syndromes
26. Aplastic anaemia
27. Chemotherapy and related treatments
28. Stem cell transplantation

Section 5: Lymphoma and myeloma
29. Hodgkin’s lymphoma
30. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
31. Myeloma

Section 6: Myeloproliferative neoplasms
32. Polycythaemia
33. Essential thrombocythaemia and myelofibrosis

Section 7: Haemostasis and thrombosis
34. Thrombocytopenia
35. Disorders of platelet function and vascular purpuras
36. Haemophilia
37. Von Willebrand disease and other inherited coagulation disorders
38. Acquired disorders of coagulation
39. Thrombophilia
40. Anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy

Section 8: Blood transfusion
41. Blood groups and blood testing
42. Clinical practice

Section 9: Special situations
43. The immunosuppressed patient
44. Pregnancy
45. Paediatric haematology
46. Haematology in the elderly
47. Palliative care in haematological malignancy
48. Systemic disease
49. The developing world

Section 10: Recent advances in haematology
50. Molecular biology
51. Potential advances in treatment

Section 11: Practical procedures
52. Venepuncture and venous access
53. Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy

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Uniquely presented, clearly written coverage makes haematology easier to understand