Delaware Clinical & Laboratory Physicians, PA

Hematology

Delaware Clinical & Laboratory Physicians, PA is a Hematology practice in Christiana, DE with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing and treating disorders of the lymphatic systems, bone marrow, and blood. Hematologists at Delaware Clinical & Laboratory Physicians, PA perform care of patients with blood-related diseases. Hematology is an internal medicine branch that focuses on studying, diagnosing, treating, and preventing blood-related illnesses. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Hematology practices include anemia, sickle cell disease, neutropenia, hemophilia, deep-vein thrombosis, arterial thromboembolism, lymphoma, and leukemia. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Hematology practices include complete blood count (CBC), blood enzyme test, platelet test, international normalized ratio (INR), partial thromboplastin time (PTT), prothrombin time (PT), and bone marrow biopsy.

An internist with additional training who specializes in diseases of the blood, spleen and lymph. This specialist treats conditions such as anemia, clotting disorders, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, leukemia and lymphoma.

Anatomic Clinical Pathology

Delaware Clinical & Laboratory Physicians, PA is an Anatomic Clinical Pathology practice in Christiana, DE with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in determining the origin, type, and severity of a disease. Anatomic & Clinical Pathologists at Delaware Clinical & Laboratory Physicians, PA perform laboratory tests to detect and treat the causes of illnesses. Anatomic Clinical Pathology is the study of disease in bodily fluid, tissues, and organs. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Anatomic Clinical Pathology practices include diabetes and cancer. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Anatomic Clinical Pathology practices include diagnostic tests on blood, urine, sputum, feces, spinal fluid, pleural fluid, and belly fluid, as well as biopsy and autopsy.

A pathologist deals with the causes and nature of disease and contributes to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment through knowledge gained by the laboratory application of the biologic, chemical and physical sciences. A pathologist uses information gathered from the microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cells and body fluids, and from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions for the diagnosis, exclusion and monitoring of disease.