Handbook of interpretation of diagnostic tests
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Handbook of interpretation of diagnostic tests
Lippincott-Raven, c1998
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Interpretation of diagnostic tests
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Includes index
An abridgment of Interpretation of diagnostic tests. 6th ed. 1996
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This condensed, pocket-sized version of Dr. Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, Sixth Edition is a portable quick-reference guide to common laboratory tests. It provides immediate answers to everyday questions such as whether a test result is normal or abnormal and what might be causing an abnormal result. Readers can search for answers in the way that best suits their needs--by the index or table of contents or by specific test, result (normal/abnormal), or disease
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Normal values: normal blood values
- critical values. Part 2 Specific laboratory examinations: core blood chemical analytes - alterations by disease
- urine. Part 3 Diseases of organ systems: cardiovascular disease
- respiratory diseases
- gastrointestinal diseases
- diseases of liver, biliary tract, pancreas
- diseases of central and peripheral nervous system
- musculoskeletal and joint diseases
- haematologic diseases
- metabolic and hereditary disorders
- endocrine disorders
- genitourinary diseases
- infectious diseases
- miscellaneous diseases
- disorders due to physical and chemical agents. Part 4 Drugs and laboratory test values: effects of drugs and artifacts on laboratory test values
- therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology. Appendix: conversion factors between conventional and Systeme International units.
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