Point-of-Care Testing : Principles and Clinical Applications / edited by Peter B. Luppa, Ralf Junker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luppa, Peter B., editor.

Junker, Ralf, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Diagnosis, Laboratory.

Anesthesiology.

Emergency medicine.

General practice (Medicine).

Critical care medicine.

Internal medicine.

Biomedicine.

Laboratory Medicine.

Emergency Medicine.

Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

General Practice / Family Medicine.

Internal Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Biomedicine.

Laboratory Medicine.

Anesthesiology.

Emergency Medicine.

Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

General Practice / Family Medicine.

Internal Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXX, 445 pages) : 100 illustrations in color

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

The underlying technology and the range of test parameters available are evolving rapidly. The primary advantage of POCT is the convenience of performing the test close to the patient and the speed at which test results can be obtained, compared to sending a sample to a laboratory and waiting for results to be returned. Thus, a series of clinical applications are possible that can shorten the time for clinical decision-making about additional testing or therapy, as delays are no longer caused by preparation of clinical samples, transport, and central laboratory analysis. Tests in a POC format can now be found for many medical disciplines including endocrinology/diabetes, cardiology, nephrology, critical care, fertility, hematology/coagulation, infectious disease and microbiology, and general health screening. Point-of-care testing (POCT) enables health care personnel to perform clinical laboratory testing near the patient. The idea of conventional and POCT laboratory services presiding within a hospital seems contradictory; yet, they are, in fact, complementary: together POCT and central laboratory are important for the optimal functioning of diagnostic processes. They complement each other, provided that a dedicated POCT coordination integrates the quality assurance of POCT into the overall quality management system of the central laboratory. The motivation of the third edition of the POCT book from Luppa/Junker, which is now also available in English, is to explore and describe clinically relevant analytical techniques, organizational concepts for application and future perspectives of POCT. From descriptions of the opportunities that POCT can provide to the limitations that clinician's must be cautioned about, this book provides an overview of the many aspects that challenge those who choose to implement POCT. Technologies, clinical applications, networking issues and quality regulations are describ ed as well as a survey of future technologies that are on the future horizon. The editors have spent considerable efforts to update the book in general and to highlight the latest developments, e.g., novel POCT applications of nucleic acid testing for the rapid identification of infectious agents. Of particular note is also that a cross-country comparison of POCT quality rules is being described by a team of international experts in this field. .

Contents:

I. Introduction

II. Methodology and analytical techniques

III. Clinical applications

IV. Legal and organizational framework

V. Areas of application.-VI. Quality assurance

VII. Development trends.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783662544976

Access Restriction:

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