By
- Diana Nicoll, MD, PhD, MPA, Clinical Professor of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Chief of Staff and Chief, Laboratory Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco
- Chuanyi Mark Lu, MD, Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Chief, Hematology and Hematopathology, Laboratory Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco
- Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Stephen J. McPhee, MD, Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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
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