The ASH Subcommittee on Quality has developed a pocket-sized, laminated Quick Reference summarizing key points of "Von Willebrand Disease (VWD): Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Management Guidelines, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Expert Panel Report (USA)."
This evidence-based tool helps guide the diagnosis, laboratory evaluation, and management of VWD. Principles of laboratory testing and interpretation are summarized. Treatment recommendations cover general management and are tailored for major or minor bleeding episodes. Approaches to prophylaxis for surgery are also presented for patients at risk for minor or major bleeding. Questions to help assess the risk of bleeding in patients are also included in the pocket guide.
This Quick Reference supports ASH's efforts to provide clinicians with high-quality, easily accessible resources as they see patients. The Quick Reference is also available online. The Quick Reference on VWD will be distributed in the annual meeting registration bags and will also be available at the Practice Forum and the ASH booth (#637) in the exhibit hall.
ASH is pleased to collaborate with NHLBI to broadly disseminate this information to hematologists.
