Official Communications

Official Communications of the Scientific and Standardization Committees

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Animal, Cellular, and Molecular Models of Thrombosis

• Usefulness and Limitations of Animal Models of Venous Thrombosis

Biorheology

• Cell Aggregation and Cell Adhesion in Flow
• Flow-based assays for global assessment of haemostasis. Part 1: Biorheologic considerations
• Flow-based assays for global assessment of haemostasis. Part 2: Current methods and considerations for the future
• Can blood flow assays help to identify clinical relevant differences in von Willebrand factor functionality in von Willebrand disease types 1-3?

Contact Activation

Control of Anticoagulation

• Limitations of the Laboratory Monitoring of Heparin Therapy
• Collaborative Study on Monitoring Methods to determine direct thrombin inhibitors Lepirudin and argatroban
• Screening Computer-Assisted Dosage Programs for anticoagulation with warfarin and other vitamin K-antagonists: minimum safety requirements for individual programs

DIC

• Towards a Definition, Clinical and Laboratory Criteria, and a Scoring System for DIC

Registry of Exogenous Hemostatic Factors

• Inventory of Exogenous Hemostatic Factors Affecting Platelet Aggregation
• Classification and Nomenclature of Prothrombin Activators Isolated from Snake Venoms
• Classification and Nomenclature of Disintegrins Isolated from Snake Venoms
• Classification and Nomenclature of Snake Venom C-type Lectins and Related Proteins

Factor VIII and Factor IX

• Definitions in Hemophilia
• The Design and Analysis of Pharmacokinetic Studies of Coagulation Factors
• Report on the Factor V:C Calibration of the Proposed WHO 1st IS Factor V Plasma (03/116) and the SSC/ISTH Secondary Coagulation Standard Lot #3

Factor XIII

Fibrinogen

Fibrinolysis

• Standardising methodology in fibrinolysis assays: report of a collaborative study on a potential reference method for potency determinations of thrombolytics

Hemostasis and Malignancy

Lupus Anticoagulant/Phospholipid Dependent Antibodies

Perinatal/Pediatric Hemostasis

• Laboratory testing for Thrombophilia in Pediatric Patients
• Recommendations for tPA thrombolysis in children

Plasma Coagulation Inhibitors

• Protein S Deficiency: A Database of Mutations - First Update

Platelet Immunology

Platelet Physiology

• Results of a Worldwide Survey on the Assessment of Platelet Function by Light Transmission Aggregometry

Predictive Hemostatic Variables and Cardiovascular Disease

von Willebrand Factor

• Scientific Report of the Registry on Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome: Recommendations for Diagnosis and Management
• A standard nomenclature for von Willebrand factor gene mutations and polymorphisms
• Recommended Abbreviations for von Willebrand Factor and its Activities

A Reference System Approach to Future Standardization of Laboratory Tests for Hemostasis.
A Position Paper of the Joint Committee of the IFCC Scientific Division and the ISTH Scientific and Standardization Committee. Summary: (Thromb Haemost 2002, 87:165-170)

STANDARD NOMENCLATURE IN THROMBOSIS AND HEMOSTASIS

• Quantities and Units in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

The purpose of this document is to facilitate unequivocal communication --despite differences in terminology among medical specialties and despite differences in languages and alphabets-- between databases and for use in publications.

First published in Thrombosis and Haemostasis in 1994 (volume 71, pages 375-394), the list is continuously updated as new recommendations are approved.