Understand Haemostasis in 14 Days And Walk Into Any Exam or Interview Prepared
@coagsimplifiedMaster Haemostasis for your Exams, interviews and ward Rounds with Confidence in 14 Days.
Coagulation is one of the few areas of the lab where you have to hold the physiology, the test, and the clinical picture in your head all at once — and it shows the moment a screen comes back with an odd pattern.
This guide is built the way you actually think through a case on the bench: start from the cell-based model of haemostasis, understand what PT, APTT, TT and mixing studies are really measuring, then use pattern recognition to narrow the differential — from a straightforward Factor VIII deficiency to the classic "prolonged APTT, no bleeding history" trap of Factor XII deficiency or lupus anticoagulant.
What's inside:
-The cell-based model of haemostasis, and why you need it alongside the cascade model
-Primary haemostasis, platelets, and Von Willebrand Disease subtypes
-The coagulation cascade, factor half-lives, and the mnemonics worth keeping
-Fibrinolysis and D-dimer interpretation caveats
-Screening tests and mixing study logic, with a full PT/APTT pattern-interpretation table
-Inherited bleeding disorders (Haemophilia A/B, Factor XI and XIII deficiency, fibrinogen disorders)
-Acquired coagulopathies: DIC, liver disease, Vitamin K deficiency
-Thrombophilia and the three-step lupus anticoagulant workup
-Anticoagulant monitoring, including DOAC interference with screening tests
-A "night-before-the-exam" quick reference chapter
Who it's for: Biomedical scientists, haematology trainees, and clinicians who want the framework and the pattern-recognition, not just a wall of facts — whether you're revising for an exam, onboarding to a coagulation bench, or just tired of re-Googling the same mixing study logic every few months.
Key Point boxes flag the facts most likely to be tested or misremembered. Pitfall notes flag the mistakes that catch out even experienced staff. Delivered as a print-ready PDF.