Physiology of Hemostasis.- Monitoring of Hemostasis.- Anticoagulation therapy in ICU patients.- Inborn Pro-Thrombotic States.- Inborn Defects of the Coagulative System.- Inflammation and Coagulation.- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation.- Coagulative Disturbancies in Trauma.- Hypothermia and coagulative disorders.- Hemostasis in Pregnancy and in Obstetric Surgery.- Hemostasis During Heart Surgery.- Hemostasis During Transplant Surgery.- Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome.- Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome.- Coagulative Disorders after Central Nervous System injury.