Haematology Service

• Haematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the blood and blood-forming organs
• Such disorders may involve the:
• components of blood (cells and plasma)
• coagulation (blood clotting)
• blood cell formation
• haemoglobin (oxygen-carrying protein on red blood cells) synthesis

• To help in the diagnosis of blood disorders, you will probably have to have blood samples taken for analysis in the laboratory
• These may include:
• FBC (Full Blood Count)
  gives information on the number of cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets) in your blood
• ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate)
  a screening test that may give an indication of inflammatory disease or abnormal protein levels
• INR (International Normalised Ratio)
  monitors your clotting function when on warfarin (anticoagulant/anticlotting) therapy
• Coagulation/Clotting Screen
  a group of tests to check coagulation or clotting function

•  Doctors who specialise in haematology are called haematologists

Procedures / treatments

• Bone marrow biopsy
• Red cell transfusion
• Iron infusion
• Lumbar puncture
• Chemotherapy
• Venesection

Locations

• North Shore Hospital
  Ph (09) 486 8900