Textbook of urinalysis and body fluids : a clinical approach
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Textbook of urinalysis and body fluids : a clinical approach
Lippincott, c1998
Available at 7 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The coverage in this text spans the entire spectrum of urine and body fluids analysis, providing your students with a solid foundation for learning. Topical material is augmented by case studies which are based on actual patients -- students learn to develop effective problem-solving skills. The text's major emphasis is on urinalysis, with coverage that includes / anatomy and physiology of the urinary tract / disease correlations / collecting specimens / instrumentation, and / physical, chemical, and microscopic examination. Other areas of interest include analysis of cerebrospinal fluid seminal fluid synovial fluid pleural, pericardial and peritoneal fluid, and quality assurance and safety in the clinical laboratory. Answers to case studies at the end of the text enhance and reinforce learned material. More than 200 full-color photomicrographs highlight normal and abnormal structures found in urinary sediment and other body fluids
Table of Contents
- Quality assurance and safety in the clinical laboratory: quality assurance in the clinical laboratory
- safety in the clinicla laboratory. Introduction to urinalysis and body fluids: bodt fluids - general concepts
- urinalysis - history and imporatnance. Anatomy and physiology of the urinary tract: the urinary system
- renal anatomy
- the nephrion
- renal physiology and formation of urine
- composition of urine
- volume of urine
- renal function tests. Urine specimens: types of specimens
- containers - specimen handling and preservation
- quality control. Instrumentation in the urinalysis and body fluids laboratory: osmometers and the measurement of osmolality
- instruments to read reagent strips
- instruments to read reagent strips and analyze sediment. Physical examination of urine: appearance
- odour
- volume
- concentration of dissolved solutes
- quailty control. Chemical examination of urine: reagent strips
- tablet and chemical tests
- pH
- protein
- glucose
- ketones
- blood
- bilirubin and urobilinogen
- nitrite
- leukocytes
- specific gravity
- ascorbic acid
- quality control. The microscope: introduction
- the light microscope
- routine procedures. Microscopic examination of urine sediment: significance of formed elements in urine
- methodology and quality assurance
- formed elements in urinary sediment. Disease correlations: diseases of the urinary tract
- metabolic diseases and screening tests
- diseases of other organ systems. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis: cerebrospinal fluid formation, circulation composition
- specimen collection
- examination
- clinical correlations
- quality control. Seminal fluid analysis: physiology and composition
- collection
- physical examination
- microscopic examination. Amniotic fluid: anatomy and physiology
- specimen collection and handling
- physical examination
- microscopic examination
- clinical disorders and analysis of amniotic fluid. Synovial fluid analysis: physiology and composition
- classification of joint disorders
- specimen collection
- gross examination
- cell counts and microscopic examination
- chemical examination
- microbiologic examination
- quality control. Serous fluid analysis: classification of fluids
- terminology - transudates and exudates
- specimen collection
- cell counts and microscopic examination
- chemical examination
- microbiologic examination
- quality control. Bronchial washings and bronchalveolar lavage: specimen collection and clinical correlations. Appendices: relative centrifugal force nomograph
- nomograph for the determination of body surface area
- cell counts using a hemacytometer.
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