Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests

Author: Diana Nicoll
Format: Paperback
Pages: 640
ISBN: 9780071766258
Language: English
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing
Release Date: July 10, 2012
A quick reference guide to the selection and interpretation of more than 450 commonly used diagnostic tests
COVERS:
Basic principles of diagnostic testing, common blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid laboratory tests, therapeutic drug monitoring, microbiologic test selection and interpretation and diagnostic imaging tests by body system, electrocardiography, and differential diagnosis tables & algorithms
Tests used in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, neurology and obstetrics and gynecology
INCLUDES:
Costs and risks of diagnostic tests
Evidence-based information
Diseases associated with abnormal test results, including test sensitivities
Full literature citations with PubMed (PMID) numbers included for each reference
More than 24 NEW clinical laboratory test entries, 6 NEW differential diagnosis tables
5 NEW diagnostic algorithms
NEW sections on point-of-care testing, provider-performed microscopy, pharmacogenetic testing, and diagnostic echocardiography